document.write( "Question 475959: Supose an amoeba divids into two amoebas one every hour.How long would it take for a single amoeba to become acolony of 4096 amoebas?
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The size of the colony doubles every hour
\n" ); document.write( "The progression is:
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\n" ); document.write( "2
\n" ); document.write( "4
\n" ); document.write( "8
\n" ); document.write( "16
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\n" ); document.write( "512
\n" ); document.write( "1024
\n" ); document.write( "2048
\n" ); document.write( "4096
\n" ); document.write( "The 1st amoeba is already there, so you
\n" ); document.write( "don't count it. Each step is 1 hour, so
\n" ); document.write( "there are 12 hours
\n" ); document.write( "The formula is:
\n" ); document.write( "Colony size = \"+2%5En+\"
\n" ); document.write( "where \"+n+\" is the number of hours elapsed
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