In a Lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. It takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how many days would it take the patch to cover half of the lake?	Pick:	A) 36	B) 2^4*3	C) 24	D) 38	E) 47
Working backward from the day it's covered:   day 48: fully covered   day 47: half covered   So 47 days   ANSW47R:47
<result>E</result>
In a Lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. It takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how many days would it take the patch to cover half of the lake?