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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A colony of bacteria has 6.5 X 10^6 members at 8 A.M. and 9.75 X 10^6 members at 10:30 A.M. Find its population at noon. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I used the formula N = No X 2 ^ t/d \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9.75 X 10^6 = 6.5 X 10^6 X (2)^ 2.5/d \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how do i work from here? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the increase per hour:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(9.75-6.5)/2.5 = 1.3 million per hour<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From 10:30 to noon is 1.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.3*1.5=1.95 million is the amount of increase between 10:30 and 12:00<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total population will be 9.75 + 1.95 = 11.7 million<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
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