SOLUTION: A certain bacteria population is known to double every 90 minutes. Suppose that there are initially 160 bacteria.
What is the size of the population after t hours?
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Question 978091: A certain bacteria population is known to double every 90 minutes. Suppose that there are initially 160 bacteria.
What is the size of the population after t hours?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y, the population
t, time in hours
N, initial population
Skills with logarithms
Use this to solve for k, and again to solve for t.
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