document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1146976>Question 1146976</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For a biology lab you are looking at the growth of a bacterial colony. If your teacher started with 1 bacterium that grows at a rate of 4% every hour and by 2:15 pm when you have class there are 1200 bacteria, what time did your teacher start the experiment? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The number of bacteria after t hours is<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the equation<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the number of hours it takes for the number to reach 1200.  Then back up that many hours from 2:15pm to find when the experiment was started.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note the number of hours is equivalent to several days -- so I suspect the numbers given in the problem are not correct.... </SPAN>\n" );
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