Givens
Petri Dish A sees a double ever 10 minutes
Petri Dish B sees a double ever 6 minutes
Consequences
A doubles 60 / 10 = 6 times.
B doubles 60 / 6 = 10 times.
Solution
If you work best with numbers then suppose there are 100 bacteria in both dishes at the beginning
A = 100 * 2^6
B = 100 * 2^10
A will have 100 * 64 = 6400 bacteria growing inside A
B will have 100 * 1024 = 102400 bacteria growing inside B
B/A = 102400 / 6400 = 16
There are 16 times as many in B than in A. <<<< Answer
Jesse got that as an answer because he only multiples 2X to 2 and not to 8.
Answer
925 students brought their lunch.
Explanation
First let's rewrite the equation.
You know that "of" means multiply and "is" means equal.
Okay, so let's break it down.
The question says, "At your school, 74% of students brought their lunch at the cafeteria. There are 1250 students in the school."
This means that 74% of 1250 students brought their lunch at the cafeteria.
You are trying to find how many students brought their lunch. This will be x.
So the equation would be this.
74% × 1250 = x
74% is 0.74.
0.74 × 1250 = x
0.74 × 1250 = 925
So 925 students brought their lunch.
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