Organisms a and b start out with the same population size,
organism as population doubles every day. after 5 days, the population stops
growing and a virus cuts it in half every day for 3 days
qrganism b's population grows at the same rate but is not infected with the
virus. after 8 days, how much larger is organism b's population than organism
a's population? answer the questions to find out
1. by what factor does organism a's population grow in the first five days?
express your answer as an exponential expression
write your answer in the space below