In one hour, a roadside stand sells 24 bouquets of flowers. The stand starts operating at 9:00 AM and closes at 12:30 PM for a 30 minutes lunch break. If sales continue at the same rate, how many bouquets of flowers will the stand sell-by 6:00 PM?

Ascientist has discovered an organism that produces five offspring exactly one hour after its own birth, and then goes on to live for one week without producing any additional offspring. each replicated organism also replicates at the same rate. at hour one, there is one organism. at hour two, there are five more organisms. how many total organisms are there at hour seven? 2,801 19,531 19,607 97.655