Jill has 3 daughters and no sons. They are generation 1 of Jill's descendants.
Each of her daughters has 3 daughters and no sons. Jill's 9 granddaughters are generation 2 of her descendants. Each of her granddaughters has 3 daughters and no sons; they are descendant generation 3.
Jill decides to investigate what would happen if this pattern continues, with each descendant having 3 daughters and no sons.
- How many of Jill's descendants would there be in generation 8? [2]
- How many of Jill's descendants would there be altogether in the first 15 generations? [3]
- After \(n\) generations, Jill would have over a million descendants altogether. Show that \(n\) satisfies the inequality
$$n > \frac{\log_{10}2000003}{\log_{10}3} - 1.$$
Hence find the least possible value of \(n\). [4]
- How many fewer descendants would Jill have altogether in 15 generations if instead of having 3 daughters, she and each subsequent descendant has 2 daughters? [3]