document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1010633>Question 1010633</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bacteria in a dish double the area they cover everyday. If the dish is fully covered after 25 days, on what day was 1/2 of it covered? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The dish is in some area unit.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y is how much of some area unit same unit as p.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p is initial amount of area.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x is days time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b is a factor like a rate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<i>Bacteria in a dish double the area they cover everyday.</i><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<i>the dish is fully covered after 25 days</i><BR>\n" );
document.write( "y is the one whole dish.  y=1 when x=25.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The model may be  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28y=%281%2F2%5E25%292%5Ex%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28y=%281%2F2%5E25%292%5Ex%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question is, what is x, when y=1/2 ?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Choose the base you want for the logarithms:  Natural or Common.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Compute x.\r<BR>\n" );
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