SOLUTION: A population of bacteria has 1175 bacteria in its starting population. The half-life of this particular type of bacteria is 11 days. (This means that every 11 days the population d

Question 1097490: A population of bacteria has 1175 bacteria in its starting population. The half-life of this particular type of bacteria is 11 days. (This means that every 11 days the population decreases by half.) Write a function that represents the amount of bacteria in the population after days
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missing information!!
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x days

Initial,

After 11 days,

After x days,

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Usually we see exercises for bacteria exponential growth; not exponential decay.
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