SOLUTION: Michael is growing two strains of yeast in the labratory. Strain A originally had 80 cells and is known to quadruple every 2 hours. Strain B initially had 640 cells and doubles eve
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Question 135306: Michael is growing two strains of yeast in the labratory. Strain A originally had 80 cells and is known to quadruple every 2 hours. Strain B initially had 640 cells and doubles every 5 hours. When will Michael observe the same number of cells in the two yeast cultures.
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Exponential growth is given by
For strain 1 we have
The function for strain 1 is
Strain 2 is :
The function for strain 2 is
At what time are they equal?
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