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\"A researcher is investigating a specimen of bacteria. She finds that the original 1,000 bacteria grew to 2,084,000 in 60 hours. How fast does the bacteria (a) double? (b) quadruple?\".
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\n" ); document.write( "Confirm it's 2084000 and not 2048000
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\n" ); document.write( "If it's 2048 that's 2^11.
\n" ); document.write( "60/12 = 5 hour periods
\n" ); document.write( "In 1000's and periods of 5 hours:
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document.write( "0   1\r\n" );
document.write( "5   2\r\n" );
document.write( "10  4\r\n" );
document.write( "15  8\r\n" );
document.write( "20  16\r\n" );
document.write( "25  32\r\n" );
document.write( "30  64\r\n" );
document.write( "35  128\r\n" );
document.write( "40  256\r\n" );
document.write( "45  512\r\n" );
document.write( "50  1024\r\n" );
document.write( "55  2048\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using 60/11 hours for the periods:\r\n" );
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document.write( "0   1\r\n" );
document.write( "1   2\r\n" );
document.write( "2   4\r\n" );
document.write( "3   8\r\n" );
document.write( "4   16\r\n" );
document.write( "5   32\r\n" );
document.write( "6   64\r\n" );
document.write( "7   128\r\n" );
document.write( "8   256\r\n" );
document.write( "9   512\r\n" );
document.write( "10  1024\r\n" );
document.write( "11  2048\r\n" );
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