document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=794828>Question 794828</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The number of people who contracted a contagious disease t days after an epidemic started is approximated by the exponential equation: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Q(x) = 5000/1+1249e^-0.33t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Approximately how many people had contracted the disease after 15 days?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Q(x) = 5000/1 + 1249e^-0.33*15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Q(x) = 5000/1 + 1249e^-4.95<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Q(x) = 507.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Q(x) = 508 people.<BR>\n" );
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