document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=541307>Question 541307</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A certain kind of bacteria  triples every 2 hours.At 8:00 P.M.,there was 153,090 bacteria counted in the petri dish.How many were there at 6:00 A.M.? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "At 8:00 P.M., there was 153,090 bacteria counted in the petri dish.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many were there at 6:00 A.M.?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "153,090 after 14 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let Ao = initial amt at 6 AM<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Ao%2A3%5E%2814%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Ao%2A3%5E%2814%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 153090<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that's 14/2 so we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Ao%2A3%5E7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Ao%2A3%5E7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 153090<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ao*2187 = 153090<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ao = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=153090%2F2187 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"153090%2F2187\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ao = 70 bacteria at 6 AM </SPAN>\n" );
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