SOLUTION: Help with this exponential growth problem? The size of a bacterial culture grows in such a way that after t minutes, there are P(t)=A x 2^(0.003)(t) bacteria present, for some c

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Question 916354: Help with this exponential growth problem?
The size of a bacterial culture grows in such a way that after t minutes, there are P(t)=A x 2^(0.003)(t) bacteria present, for some constant A. After 10 minutes, there are 30,000 bacteria.
What is A?
Thank you for any help!

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve symbolically for A and then substitute the given values.









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