Under certain circumstances, a rumor spreads according to the equation where is the proportion of the population that knows the rumor at time , and and are positive constants.
(a) Find .
(b) Find the rate of speed of the rumor.
(c) How long will it take for 80% of the population to hear the rumor? Here, take with measured in hours.

(a) limit
(b)
(c) hours

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