SOLUTION: 1.True or false: The function "f(x) = 4x" grows four times faster than the function "g(x) = x". Explain 2.A cell divides into two identical copies every 4 minutes. How many cell

Question 187641: 1.True or false: The function "f(x) = 4x" grows four times faster than the function "g(x) = x". Explain
2.A cell divides into two identical copies every 4 minutes. How many cells will exist after 5 hours?

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.True or false: The function "f(x) = 4x" grows four times faster than the function "g(x) = x". Explain
False. It grows 4 times as fast, not 4 times faster. 4 times faster is 5 times as fast.
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2.A cell divides into two identical copies every 4 minutes. How many cells will exist after 5 hours?
5 hours = 300 minutes = 75 4 minute periods.
The number of cells will have doubled 75 times, so there will be 2^75 times the number at the start.
If you start with 1 cell (it wasn't specified), you'll have 2^75, or apx
3.77789E22 = 37,778,931,860,000,000,000,000 cells

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