Answer:
<em>It will take 26.34 minutes for the population to reach 5 times its initial value</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>Exponential Growing</u>
The population of bacteria grows at a rate expressed by the equation:

Where t is in minutes.
We need to know when the population will reach 5 times its initial value. The initial value can be determined by setting t=0:

Now we find the time when the population is 5*256=1,280. The equation to solve is:

Dividing by 256:

Taking natural logarithms:

Applying the logarithm properties:

Solving for t:

It will take 26.34 minutes for the population to reach 5 times its initial value
Since there are 100 centimeters in 1 meter, Kayleigh is greater than 1 meter.
If it is 5 lawns then an easy way you could do it is dividing 28 and 2, to get 14, then multiply 5 by 14. Or you could set up a proportion which would be 2/28=5/x and solve for x by cross multiplying. The answer you should get out of this is 70 minutes. Or and hour and 10 minutes.