SOLUTION: A research student is working with a culture of bacteria that doubles in size every twenty minutes. The initial population count was 1350 bacteria. Rounding k to six decimal places
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Question 1060544: A research student is working with a culture of bacteria that doubles in size every twenty minutes. The initial population count was 1350 bacteria. Rounding k to six decimal places, write an exponential equation representing this situation. To the nearest whole number, what is the population size after 3 hours?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Twenty minutes is hour. That is the doubling time.
-------you can compute this with help of calculator or log table.
691200 after 3 hours.
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