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    Mouse population X doubles every week. How many weeks from now will population X first exceed 1,000,000 ?

    (1) The mouse population is now 65,536.
    (2) Fifteen weeks ago the mouse population was 2.

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    D

    we know the rate and we know the population some point in time, we can figure out the rest.

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    D , it is ..agree with the explanation with mickey

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    I will go with D as well.

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