SOLUTION: A researcher is investigating a specimen of bacteria. She finds that the original 1000 bacteria grew to 2,048,000 in 60 hours. How fast does the bacteria (a) double? (b) quadruple?
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Question 1048709: A researcher is investigating a specimen of bacteria. She finds that the original 1000 bacteria grew to 2,048,000 in 60 hours. How fast does the bacteria (a) double? (b) quadruple? Give an exponential model for the bacteria as a function t. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A researcher is investigating a specimen of bacteria. She finds that the original 1000 bacteria grew to 2,048,000 in 60 hours. How fast does the bacteria (a) double? (b) quadruple? Give an exponential model for the bacteria as a function t.
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Hint: 2048 = 2^13
