SOLUTION: Please help w/ the following exponential function: The number of bacteria present in a culture after t minutes is given as B=100^ kt. if there are 6231 bacteria present after 11

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Question 54612: Please help w/ the following exponential function:
The number of bacteria present in a culture after t minutes is given as B=100^ kt. if there are 6231 bacteria present after 11 minutes, find k.
Thank you, Aimee
Answer by stanbon(48569) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number of bacteria present in a culture after t minutes is given as B=100^ kt. if there are 6231 bacteria present after 11 minutes, find k.
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6231=100^(11k)
Take the log of both sides to get:
log6231 = (11k)log100
3.79456=22k
k=0.1725
Cheers,
Stan H.