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Count elapsed updates separately from the week label

An insect colony initially has 5050 insects. Each week its population doubles, then 3030 die through competition and limited resources. Let unu_n be the population at the beginning of week nn, n=1,2,…n=1,2,\ldots, with all remaining insects alive.

(i) Form a recurrence relating week n and week n−1. mark

(ii) Find the minimum number of weeks needed for the population to exceed 300000300000. marks

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CJC · Review problems · Question 14

Subtract the fixed point 30 to obtain a doubling relation, and label whether the index counts weeks or updates.

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