Answer: To determine how long the treatment should be run in order to cover the area under one square foot, we need to know the current area covered by the algae bloom and how much area is treated by the scientists each week.
Assuming that the current area covered by the algae bloom is A square feet and the area treated by the scientists each week is B square feet, the number of weeks needed to cover the area under one square foot can be calculated as follows:
Area covered by algae bloom / Area treated each week = Number of weeks to treat the entire area
To cover the area under one square foot, we need to treat an area of 1 square foot. Therefore, the equation becomes:
A / B = Number of weeks to cover an area of 1 square foot
We don't have information on the current area covered by the algae bloom or the area treated by the scientists each week, so we can't provide a specific answer to this question. However, if we had that information, we could use the formula above to calculate the number of weeks needed to treat the entire area.
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