SOLUTION: A bacterial population has an exponential growth rate of 11.81% per hour. If there were 480 bacteria initially, what would the bacterial population be after 5 hours?

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Question 1159421: A bacterial population has an exponential growth rate of 11.81% per hour. If there were 480 bacteria initially, what would the bacterial population be after 5 hours?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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HOURS         COUNT
0               480
1               537
2               600
3               671
4               750
5               839

Answer by ikleyn(52921) About Me  (Show Source):
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N = 480%2A%281%2B0.1181%29%5E5 = 839 (rounded to the nearest integer value).    ANSWER