document.write( "Question 823870: Flowers in a basket double themselves after every minute. In an hour the basket is full. The basket would be half full after- \n" ); document.write( "
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\"A=1%2A2%5Em\" m in minutes, A is amount of flowers, assuming initially 1 flower. This is exponential growth but ignoring the continuousness of the growth.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Full basket after 60 minutes = 1 hour;
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=1%2A2%5E60\", a very large number.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Find m when \"A=%281%2F2%292%5E60\".
\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F2%292%5E60=2%5Em\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"ln%281%2F2%29%2Bln%282%5E60%29=m%2Aln%282%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"ln%281%2F2%29%2B60%2Aln%282%29=m%2Aln%282%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-0.693%2B60%2A0.693=m%2A0.693\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"0.693%2860-1%29=0.693%2Am\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%2859=m%29\"------------fifty-nine minutes
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