document.write( "Question 1174889: if a bacteria population doubles every eight minutes, what is the starting population if there are 450 in one hour. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "60 minutes comprise   =  = 7.5 doubling periods.\r\n" );
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document.write( "THEREFORE,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    450 = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "where x is the starting number of bacteria.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From this equation,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = use your calculator = 2.49 bacteria.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You may round it as you want.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "I prefer to round to the closest greater integer number, which is 3.\r\n" );
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