This exercise uses the population growth model.
A culture starts with 8700 bacteria. After 1 hour the count is 10,000.
(a) Find a function that models the number of bacteria n(t) after thours.
(b) Find the number of bacteria after 2 hours.
(c) After how many hours will the number of bacteria double?
This exercise uses the population growth model. A culture starts with 8700 bacteria. After 1 hour the count is 10,000.
This exercise uses the population growth model. A culture starts with 8100 bacteria. After 1 hour the count is 10,000. (a) Find a function that models the number of bacteria n(t) after t hours. (Round your r value to three decimal places.) n(t) = (b) Find the number of bacteria after 2 hours. (Round your answer to the nearest hundred.) bacteria (C) After how many hours will the number of bacteria double? (Round your answer to one decimal place.) hr
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