document.write( "Question 338293: Protozoa are single-celled organisms. Paramecium Aurelia is one type of protozoan. The number of Paramecium Aurelia protozoa doubles every 1.25 days. There was one protozoan on a slide 5 days ago. How many protozoa are on the slide now? How do you write the expression and what is the answer? Thank you! \n" ); document.write( "

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5 days is 4 doubling periods (5/1.25)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "for one protozoan doubling 4 times ___ 1 ___ 2 ___ 4 ___ 8 ___ 16\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the expression is ___ N = I [2^(t/d)]
\n" ); document.write( "___ N is the current number
\n" ); document.write( "___ I is the initial number
\n" ); document.write( "___ t is the elapsed time
\n" ); document.write( "___ d is the doubling time\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "N = 1 [2^(5/1.25)] = 16 \n" ); document.write( "

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