MathGuruNot
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Hi, lets say you have a couple and they have 2.5 children (I know this is biologically impossible, I'm just looking for how the numbers are multiplied).
The children have 2.5 children.
This goes on for 100 or 101 generations (let's solve both).
But people only live for 43 years (this isn't important mathematically, but it helps make sense for the final result).
So finally, how many people were born in that final 100th generation?
What about if it was a 101st generation?
If the children and their parents were both alive (no grandparents as 43 is when people expire), how many people would be alive during the 100th generation? What about the 101st generation?
Sorry I have to ask. I wish my math was better.
2.5^100 - 2.5^99 for a final generation is impossibly large, because the exponential growth isn't taking into account death at each generation.
This is based on a hypothetical scenario I read about and I wanted to know if their approximate answer was correct.
Thank you for your time and patience.
The children have 2.5 children.
This goes on for 100 or 101 generations (let's solve both).
But people only live for 43 years (this isn't important mathematically, but it helps make sense for the final result).
So finally, how many people were born in that final 100th generation?
What about if it was a 101st generation?
If the children and their parents were both alive (no grandparents as 43 is when people expire), how many people would be alive during the 100th generation? What about the 101st generation?
Sorry I have to ask. I wish my math was better.
2.5^100 - 2.5^99 for a final generation is impossibly large, because the exponential growth isn't taking into account death at each generation.
This is based on a hypothetical scenario I read about and I wanted to know if their approximate answer was correct.
Thank you for your time and patience.