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The number of insects attracted to a bright light is currently 5. If the number is expected to quadruple every 9 minutes, how long
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Question 331596: Can someone please help me work through this?
The number of insects attracted to a bright light is currently 5. If the number is expected to quadruple every 9 minutes, how long will it take for the number to reach 700?
____ minutes
Answer by galactus(183) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Initially, there are 5 bugs. If it quadruples in the first 9 minutes, there are 20 bugs.
So, we have:
minutes
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