SOLUTION: The number of bacteria in a yeast alter grows at a rate which is proportional to the number prestent ,if the population of a colony of yeast bacteria triples in one hour,find the n
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Question 1024890: The number of bacteria in a yeast alter grows at a rate which is proportional to the number prestent ,if the population of a colony of yeast bacteria triples in one hour,find the number of bacteria which will be present at the end of 5hours. Answer by josgarithmetic(39615) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A known constant for the initial population quantity is needed. Call this number, N. Let the population at any time x be p.
The period for population tripling is 1 hour, so if x is in hours, ----------your model.
After 5 hours, the value for p is very simply or .
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