After Jim had 280 mosquitos around his back porch he decided to spray them with bug spray. Every minute, the number of mosquitos was cut in half. Write a function that models the number of mosquitos left around Jim's back porch over time. Use x for the minutes and y for the number of mosquitos remaining on the back porch. Jim's wife is not going out on the back porch until most of the mosquitos are gone. How long will it take the number of mosquitos to reach less than 8?

After Jim had 280 mosquitos around his back porch he decided to spray them with bug spray. Every minute, the number of mosquitos was cut in half. Write a function that models the number of mosquitos left around Jim's back porch over time. Use x for the minutes and y for the number of mosquitos remaining on the back porch. Jim's wife is not going out on the back porch until most of the mosquitos are gone. How long will it take the number of mosquitos to reach less than 8?

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After Jim had 280 mosquitos around his back porch he decided to spray them with bug spray.
Every minute, the number of mosquitos was cut in half.
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Write a function that models the number of mosquitos left around Jim's back porch over time.
Use x for the minutes and y for the number of mosquitos remaining on the back porch.
Jim's wife is not going out on the back porch until most of the mosquitos are gone. How long
will it take the number of mosquitos to reach less than 8?

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