A startup business began with seven employees, and its size has been doubling every 14 months. (a) By what factor will the number of employees increase in 13 months? (b) How many employees will be at the company in five years? (Round to the nearest person.)

2. Maria deposits $10,000 in the bank. Each month thereafter she deposits $1000 a month . Use formulas to determine how much money she will have in the bank after 2 years? (month 24) .

If there are initially 3500 bacteria in a culture, and the number of bacteria doubles each hour, the number of bacteria after t hours can be found by the formula N = 3500(2). When will the number of bacteria in the culture reach 20,000? t= hours (Round the final answer to the nearest tenth as needed. Round all intermediate values to the nearest ten-thousandth as needed.)

The balance in a bank account grows by a factor of  a each year and doubles every 15 years. (b) Find  a.Round your answer to three decimal places.

A patient originally weighing 160 lb took a course of medication with a side effect that caused his weight to increase by 25%. (a) How much weight did he gain? (b) What percent of this resulting weight must he now lose in order to return to his original weight? (a) The patient gained lb. (Type a whole number or an exact decimal. If the decimal does not terminate, round to the nearest whole number.)