A colony that initially has 70 bacteria triples every day.

Write a natural growth model to express the number of bacteria in the colony as a function of time in days.

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A colony that initially has 70 bacteria triples every day.

Write a natural growth model to express the number of bacteria in the colony as a function of time in days.

amistre64 · Answer

A{0} = 70;  A{n} = 3(A{n-1}) is our difference equation

amistre64 · Answer

A{1} = 3(70)
A{2} = 3(3(70))
A{3} = 3(3(3(70))) = 3^3 (70)
A{4} = 3^4 (70)

A{n} = 3^n (70); should do it

anonymous · Answer

this is what I found on this matter (don't remember any more... ): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_growth

anonymous · Answer

Thank You

amistre64 · Answer

yep