SOLUTION: A population of bacteria has 1175 bacteria in its starting population. The half-life of this particular type of bacteria is 5 days. Write a function B(d) that represents the amount
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Question 800650: A population of bacteria has 1175 bacteria in its starting population. The half-life of this particular type of bacteria is 5 days. Write a function B(d) that represents the amount of bacteria B in the population after d days.
B(d)=
I've tried 1175(.5)^d and 1175(5)^d but can't seem to figure it out.
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A population of bacteria has 1175 bacteria in its starting population.
The half-life of this particular type of bacteria is 5 days.
Write a function B(d) that represents the amount of bacteria B in the population after d days.
:
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