A culture of 200200 bacteria growing in a Petri dish doubles in size every 33 hours.  The number of bacteria, AA, can be modeled by the exponential equation A=P(2)t3A=P(2)t3, where PP is the initial amount and tt is the time in hours. How many hours will it take for the number of bacteria to reach 1,000,0001,000,000?  Express your answer rounded to the nearest whole number.

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A culture of 200200 bacteria growing in a Petri dish doubles in size every 33 hours.  The number of bacteria, AA, can be modeled by the exponential equation A=P(2)t3A=P(2)t3, where PP is the initial amount and tt is the time in hours.

How many hours will it take for the number of bacteria to reach 1,000,0001,000,000?  Express your answer rounded to the nearest whole number.

 

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