SOLUTION: Flowers in a basket double themselves after every minute. In an hour the basket is full. The basket would be half full after-

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Question 823870: Flowers in a basket double themselves after every minute. In an hour the basket is full. The basket would be half full after-
Answer by josgarithmetic(39615) About Me  (Show Source):
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A=1%2A2%5Em m in minutes, A is amount of flowers, assuming initially 1 flower. This is exponential growth but ignoring the continuousness of the growth.

Full basket after 60 minutes = 1 hour;
A=1%2A2%5E60, a very large number.

Find m when A=%281%2F2%292%5E60.
%281%2F2%292%5E60=2%5Em
ln%281%2F2%29%2Bln%282%5E60%29=m%2Aln%282%29
ln%281%2F2%29%2B60%2Aln%282%29=m%2Aln%282%29
-0.693%2B60%2A0.693=m%2A0.693
0.693%2860-1%29=0.693%2Am
highlight%2859=m%29------------fifty-nine minutes