document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1096197>Question 1096197</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A population of bacteria has 1175 bacteria in its starting population. The half-life of this particular type of bacteria is 11 days. (This means that every 11 days the population decreases by half.) Write a function B(d) that represents the amount of bacteria B in the population after d days.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "With a half life of 11 days, the number of half lives in d days is d/11.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the original number of bacteria (1175) is getting multiplied by 1/2 every d/11 days, the exponential function is<br><BR>\n" );
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