To begin a bacteria study, a petri dish had 2800 bacteria cells. Each hour since, the number of cells has increased by 2.3%

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2021-12-03

To begin a bacteria study, a petri dish had 2800 bacteria cells. Each hour since, the number of cells has increased by 2.3%

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nick1337

nick1337

Expert2022-02-19Added 777 answers

The function that models exponential growth is:

P(t)=P0(1+r)t, where

P0=P(0) is the initial value of P

r is the growth rate as a decimal

In our case we have:

P(0)=2800

r=0.023 or 2.3%

P(t)=2800(1+0.023)t

P(t)=2800(1.023)t

The same exponential function written using y and t is:

y=28001.023t.

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