In contrast, FarmerBooks.com's (a competitor of OHaganBooks.com) stock were increasing at a continuous rate of 4.2% per hour. Based on this information, create an exponential model, where t is time is hours since it was first offered, to answer the following: If you bought $8,000 worth of stock how many hours would it take your investment to reach $20,000? (Round to the nearest hour.)

In contrast, FarmerBooks.com's (a competitor of OHaganBooks.com) stock were increasing at a continuous rate of 4.2% per hour. Based on this information, create an exponential model, where t is time is hours since it was first offered, to answer the following: If you bought $8,000 worth of stock how many hours would it take your investment to reach $20,000? (Round to the nearest hour.)

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