document.write( "Question 1165567: The demand on the ticket sales of a certain fund-raising concert was doubling every hour. On the first hour, 125 tickets were sold. How many tickets were sold after 10 hours?
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document.write( "It doesn't take long to check.  You can do it in your head,\r\n" );
document.write( "keeping track with your fingers, thinking through it like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "On the 1st hour, 125 tickets were sold.\r\n" );
document.write( "On the 2nd hour, 250 tickets were sold.\r\n" );
document.write( "On the 3rd hour, 500 tickets were sold.\r\n" );
document.write( "On the 4th hour, 1000 tickets were sold.\r\n" );
document.write( "On the 5th hour, 2000 tickets were sold.\r\n" );
document.write( "On the 6th hour, 4000 tickets were sold.\r\n" );
document.write( "On the 7th hour, 8000 tickets were sold.\r\n" );
document.write( "On the 8th hour, 16000 tickets were sold.\r\n" );
document.write( "On the 9th hour, 32000 tickets were sold.\r\n" );
document.write( "On the 10th hour, 64000 tickets were sold.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But it's a matter of concern here that the word \r\n" );
document.write( "\"AFTER\" does not mean the the same as the word \"ON\" \r\n" );
document.write( "technically. You should point this out to your teacher.  \r\n" );
document.write( "It's bad wording.  For technically, if taken literally,\r\n" );
document.write( "the answer could be in the millions, for it would depend\r\n" );
document.write( "on how long AFTER 10 hours the doubling continues.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Sorry for opening up a can of worms, but I do think\r\n" );
document.write( "teachers and textbook authors should be careful with\r\n" );
document.write( "their wording.  What is taught in mathematics courses \r\n" );
document.write( "should agree with what is taught in English courses.\r\n" );
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