document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1097490>Question 1097490</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  that represents the amount of bacteria  in the population after  days </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Initial,  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1175%2A%281%2F2%29%5E%280%2F11%29=1175%2A%281%2F2%29%5E0=1175 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1175%2A%281%2F2%29%5E%280%2F11%29=1175%2A%281%2F2%29%5E0=1175\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After 11 days,  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1175%2A%281%2F2%29%5E%2811%2F11%29=1175%281%2F2%29%5E1=1175%2A%281%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1175%2A%281%2F2%29%5E%2811%2F11%29=1175%281%2F2%29%5E1=1175%2A%281%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After x days, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%281175%2A%281%2F2%29%5E%28x%2F11%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%281175%2A%281%2F2%29%5E%28x%2F11%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Usually we see exercises for bacteria exponential growth; not exponential decay. </SPAN>\n" );
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