SOLUTION: A bacteria culture started with 7,500 bacteria and increased by 45% in the first two hours.
a) Find an expression for the number of bacteria t hours after it was first observed.
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Question 953952: A bacteria culture started with 7,500 bacteria and increased by 45% in the first two hours.
a) Find an expression for the number of bacteria t hours after it was first observed.
b) Find the number of bacteria that will be present after 8 hours.
c) When will the population reach 25,000?
d) How long does it take the population to triple in size?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Growth Model, .
The description helps for finding k.
Allowing for two equivalent formulas:
and
The description assigns and and . Compute k from that and then do the rest of the questions.
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