document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1193273>Question 1193273</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> MAT 145: Topics In Contemporary Math\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "             19: Solving Exponential Growth\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3) A culture of paramecia contains 75 organisms. Assuming the presence of sufficient food <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and physical room, the culture increases by 30% per hour. How long would it take for <BR>\n" );
document.write( "there to be 288 paramecia? 288 because those unicellular organisms are too gross!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #825290 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=825290\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 288=75*1.4^t, t=hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "288/75=l.4^t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ln(288/75)=t ln (1.4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=4.00 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "75*1.4^4=288.12, a para bit over two gross </SPAN>\n" );
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