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document.write( "20 minutes is the same thing as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{1}{3}\"> hour.  So at time <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{5}{3}\"> hour, the bacteria has doubled 5 times.  Doubling 5 times is the same thing as multiplying by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 2^5\ =\ 32\">.  Divide the ending amount by 32.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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