how to find a base in a equation

a colony of fruit flies doubles in population everyday the variable y gives the number of fruit flies after x days . b=?
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If the initial population is P, then after no days y=P; after a day it's y=2P; two days y=4P. Therefore after x days it's y=(2^x)P so b=2.

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