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The scientists in a laboratory company raise amebas to sell to schoolsfor use in biology classes. They know that one ameba divides into twoamebas every hour and that the formula t = log_2 N can be used to determine how long in hours, t, it takes to produce a certain number
of amebas, N. Determine, to the nearest tenth of an hour, how long it takes to produce 10,000 amebas if they start with one ameba.
you wantQuote:
Originally Posted by magentarita
Can you explain a bit more?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jhevonyou want
they told us that the amoeba divide according toQuote:
Originally Posted by magentarita
, where
is the number of hours since they began and
is the number of amoebas. if we want to know the time when we have 10000 amoebas, we just plug in
and solve for
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jhevonthey told us that the amoeba divide according to
Ok...much better.