document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=181705>Question 181705</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A cell divides into two identical copies every 4 minutes. How many cells will exist after 5 hours?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is where I am at so far:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60 minutes = 1 hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300 minutes = 5 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a cell divides into 2 every 4 minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300/4 = 75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "75^2 = 5625\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I feel that there is something that I missed please look it over and let me know. Thank you<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Missed it by <i><b>that</b></i> much.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First of all, the doubling is only going to occur 74 times in 5 hours because it doesn't split until <i><b>after</b></i> the first 4 minutes has passed.  So after the first 4 minutes has passed you have 296 minutes left, and 296 divided by 4 is 74.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If something is going to double 74 times, then you need <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 2^{74} = 18,889,465,931,478,580,854,784\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'd express this as \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \text{          }\math 1.9 \times 10^{22}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Yep, that's a mighty big number.  By contrast, the Economic Stimulus Package, about 825 billion, is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \text{          }\math 8.25 \times 10^{11}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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