document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1014985>Question 1014985</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this word problem: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A population of grasshoppers quadruples in twenty days. Assuming exponential growth, if the present population is 40 million, what will it be in fifty days? Answer the question by first finding the number y of grasshoppers as a function of time t(in days) in the form y=y0e^kt\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #631306 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=631306\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can start with  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=y%5Bo%5D%2A4%5Et ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=y%5Bo%5D%2A4%5Et\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  You have a also <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2A40=40%2Ae%5E%28k%2A20%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2A40=40%2Ae%5E%28k%2A20%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and from this equation, you can find or solve the value of k.  How, is simplify and take log of both sides. </SPAN>\n" );
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