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There is a patch of lily pads in a lake. Every week the patch doubles in...

There is a patch of lily pads in a lake. Every week the patch doubles in size. It takes 45 weeks for the patch to cover the entire lake.

What if it takes 31 weeks for the patch to cover the entire lake, how many weeks would it take for the patch to cover 3.125% of the lake? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number)

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Problem has been solved by equating ratios of 'Size of the patch to the % of lake covered' for different percentages given

Colby Messinger answered 8 months ago
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