SOLUTION: number of frogs in a pond is doubling every minute if the pond is full of frogs in one hour when was it half full

SOLUTION: number of frogs in a pond is doubling every minute if the pond is full of frogs in one hour when was it half full

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Question 811783: number of frogs in a pond is doubling every minute if the pond is full of frogs in one hour when was it half full
Answer by erica65404(394) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
at 60 minutes is one hour
every minute it doubles so if you go back in time you would take half per minute
if at 60 minutes it is full
go back 1 minutes and it will be half full
so your answer is 59 min
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