SOLUTION: A bacteria culture starts with 1,000 bacteria and doubles in size every 3 hours. Find an exponential model for the size of the culture as a function of time t in hours and use t

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Question 868614: A bacteria culture starts with 1,000 bacteria and
doubles in size every 3 hours. Find an exponential model for
the size of the culture as a function of time t in hours and use
the model to predict how many bacteria there will be after
2 days.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Q(t) =+Q%5B0%5De%5E%28kt%29+
ln(2)/3 = k = .2310
Q(t) =+Q%5B0%5De%5E%28.231t%29
Q(48) =+1000e%5E%28.231%2A48%29