BASIC CALCULUS" Lesson 15: Situational Problems Involving Growth and Decay Problems 6-10) Suppose that a colony of lice grows exponentially. After 1 day, 50 lice are counted. After 3 days, 200 were counted. How many are there originally? What is the exponential growth equation for the colony?

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