document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=143983>Question 143983</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tutors, please please help me solve the below word problem. :(  THANK YOU!! \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A model for the number of people N in a college community who have heard a rumor is given by the equation: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "N = P (1 - e-0.15d) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "where P is the total population of the community and d is the number of days elapsed since the rumor began.  If the number of students is 1,000 find the number of days when 500 students would have heard the rumor </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #104791 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=104791\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=N+=+P+%281+-+e%5E%28-0.15d%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"N+=+P+%281+-+e%5E%28-0.15d%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  P=1000, N = 500<BR>\n" );
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