Question

A bacteria culture initially contains 3000 bacteria and doubles every half hour.

Find the size of the baterial population after 100 minutes. ?

Find the size of the baterial population after 4 hours?

Answer 1

A)100/30=3 1/3 * 3000
B) 8x3000

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

NP

Answer 5

B(t) = B(0) * 2^t
B(0) = 3000

After 100 mins:
B = B(0) * 2^(100/30) ~ 30238,1052
-> B = 30238

After 4 hours:
B = B(0) * 2 ^(4/0.5) = 3000 * 2^8 = 3000 * 64 = 192000
-> B = 192000

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