Akira created a model that shows the ground coverage of moss, G, m months after she planted the first patch of 1500 square centimeters.   She wants to calculate when the moss coverage will reach 2700 square centimeters. Below is what she calculated in Excel. Explain the error she made. Explain what she should have done. Do the calculation to find out when the moss coverage will reach 2700 square centimete

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Akira created a model that shows the ground coverage of moss, G, m months after she planted the first patch of 1500 square centimeters.

 

She wants to calculate when the moss coverage will reach 2700 square centimeters. Below is what she calculated in Excel.

  1. Explain the error she made.
  2. Explain what she should have done.
  3. Do the calculation to find out when the moss coverage will reach 2700 square centimeters.
A
B
1 m
2700
|=1500 * 1.023 ^ B1
2 G
3
4
Transcribed Image Text:A B 1 m 2700 |=1500 * 1.023 ^ B1 2 G 3 4
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