document.write( "Question 825626: Brandon works in a scientific laboratory where he observed that his bacteria culture doubles in size every 30 minutes. If there were 2,000 bacteria in the Petri dish at 10 a.m., how many will there be at 12p.m ? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "THE PROBLEM:\r\n" );
document.write( "Brandon works in a scientific laboratory where he observed that his bacteria culture doubles \r\n" );
document.write( "in size every 30 minutes. If there were 2,000 bacteria in the Petri dish at 10 a.m., how many \r\n" );
document.write( "will there be at 12p.m ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "A SOLUTION:\r\n" );
document.write( "I'll help you get started. Since the bacteria double each 30 minutes, we can construct a \r\n" );
document.write( "table and write out the bacteria\r\n" );
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document.write( "TIME ------------BACTERIA COUNT (double each time)\r\n" );
document.write( "10:00am ---------2000\r\n" );
document.write( "10:30am ---------4000\r\n" );
document.write( "11:00am ---------???\r\n" );
document.write( "11:30am ---------???\r\n" );
document.write( "12:00pm ---------???\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps!\r\n" );
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