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Let's get a little
trickier...
If we start with
200
alien amoebas and each amoeba splits into
1.7
amoebas every 12
hours, how many amoebas will there be in a week?
Set it up and think!
split factor
=
1.7
initial population
=
200
number of splits
=
?
Our split factor is for 12
hours...
There are 14
chunks of these in 7
days...
number of splits
=
14
YOUR TURN:
If we start with
30
alien amoebas and each amoeba splits into
1.15
amoebas every minute, how many amoebas will there be in
an hour and a half?
Here's
how I'd like for you to remember this formula:
* I don't want you to memorize this thing with a
t
up
there.
t
usually stands for "time." In the next sections, we'll have
years, days and hours -- and these will NOT always represent the
number of splits! You'll see.
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