SOLUTION: A bacteria culture started with a count of 480 at 8:00 A.M. and after t hours is expected to grow to f(f)=480(3/2)^t. Estimate the number of bacteria in the culture at noon the sam

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: A bacteria culture started with a count of 480 at 8:00 A.M. and after t hours is expected to grow to f(f)=480(3/2)^t. Estimate the number of bacteria in the culture at noon the same day. This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonometry

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Noon is four hours from 8:00 a.m.
f(t) = 480(3/2)^t
f(4) = 480(3/2)^4
f(4) = 480(81/16)
f(4) = 2,430