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Transcribed Image Text:31 While on an unauthorised trip to the local fast food restaurant during their study period, a pair of Year 12 students
are convinced that they have just seen the Prime Minister buying a hamburger. On returning to the school,
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their amazing discovery spreads throughout the school community at the rate
1O P(1-p), where p is the
proportion of the school community that has already heard the rumour, t minutes after their return to school.
(a) What proportion of the school community has heard the rumour when it is spreading most rapidly?
By the beginning of the afternoon period, 20% of the school community had already heard the rumour.
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(b) Find p(t), at time t minutes since the beginning of the afternoon period, given
p(1– p) p p-1'
(c) At what time (correct to the nearest minute) is the rumour spreading most rapidly?
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