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document.write( "A scientist determined that the fruit fly population for his experiment is given by the equation: P(t)= 230 / 1+56.5e(exponent)-.37t where P(t) is the population of the fruit flies after t days. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Find the number of fruit flies after 4 days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) What was the number of fruit flies at the beginning of the experiment.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%28t%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%28-.37t%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%28t%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%28-.37t%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given function\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%284%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%28-.37%284%29%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%284%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%28-.37%284%29%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Plug in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%284%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%28-1.48%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%284%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%28-1.48%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply -.37 and 4 to get -1.48\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%284%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5%280.22764%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%284%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5%280.22764%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Raise e to the -1.48 to get 0.22764\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%284%29=230+%2F%281%2B12.86166%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%284%29=230+%2F%281%2B12.86166%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply 56.5 and 0.22764 to get 12.86166\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%284%29=230+%2F%2813.86166%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%284%29=230+%2F%2813.86166%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Add 1 and 12.86166 to get 13.86166 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%284%29=16.59253+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%284%29=16.59253+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide 13.86166 into 230 to get 16.59253\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So after 4 days, there are about 17 flies (I rounded to the nearest whole number)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%28t%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%28-.37t%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%28t%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%28-.37t%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given function\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%280%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%28-.37%280%29%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%280%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%28-.37%280%29%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Plug in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%280%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%280%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%280%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5e%5E%280%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply -.37 and 0 to get 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%280%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5%281%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%280%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5%281%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Raise e to the zeroth power to get 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%280%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%280%29=230+%2F%281%2B56.5%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply 56.5 and 1 to get 56.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%280%29=230+%2F%2857.5%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%280%29=230+%2F%2857.5%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Add 1 and 56.5 to get 57.5 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%280%29=4+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%280%29=4+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide 57.5 into 230 to get 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So at the beginning of the experiment, there are 4 flies. <BR>\n" );
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