A researcher is trying to determine the doubling

Rocío Ramirez

Rocío Ramirez

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2022-10-16

A researcher is trying to determine the doubling time for a population of the bacterium Giardia lamblia. He starts a culture in a nutrient solution and estimates the bacteria count every four hours. His data are shown in the table.

(b)

Use a calculator or computer to find an exponential curve

f(t) = a · b^t

that models the bacteria population t hours later. (Round your coefficients to five decimal places.)


 

Time (hours)04812162024
Bacteria count
(CFU/mL)
36486378106130172

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