Afive inch tall bamboo shoot doubles in height every three days. if the equation y=ab^x, where x is the number of doubling periods, represents the height of the bamboo shoot, what are the values of a and b

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "x = 2; a = 5; b = 3" A 5 inch tall bamboo shoot doubles in height every 3 days. If the equation y=ab^x, where x is the number of doubling periods, represents the height of the bamboo shoot

I’m pretty sure the * means multiplication. so, if you multiply 5*1, it would equal 5. they are basically are-writing 5x1 as 5*1. so they would be… 5 10152025303540455055

2hours and 184 miles