document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1199062>Question 1199062</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two crafty bacteria fall into a pot of milk which has recently been sterilized. They reproduce at a rate of 4% per day. Determine how many bacteria will be present after 100 days.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. 800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E. 109<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F. 345 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "As the problem is posed, its meaning is dark,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "because the growth rate of 4% per day gives/keeps the population of 2 bacteria unchangeable in every next day, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "since the number of bacteria can only be integer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the other side, the problem says that the growth rate is 4%, not zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem is badly posed in statistical sense, since the announced growth rate <BR>\n" );
document.write( "relation / (formula) does not work for so small initial number of bacteria.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As the problem is posed, &nbsp;it is self-contradictory and, &nbsp;therefore, &nbsp;is &nbspDEFECTIVE.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alternatively, it can be a kind of an entertainment puzzles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that are not &nbsp;Math problems, &nbsp;but are a kind of traps, &nbsp;instead.\r<BR>\n" );
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