Question

A bacteria population triples every 12 days. What is a possible equaiton for its growth?

Answer 1

bacteria run off of the Pert equation for continuous growth

Answer 2

whenever you have a scalar like: doubles, triples, half ... we can turn to the fact that the amount we start with has no real bearing on the equation

for a tripled amount in 12 days we simple determine the growth rate as:

ln(3)/12 = r

Answer 3

So f(t)=a*(1/3)^t/12 OR (3)^t OR (3)^t/12 OR (3)^-t/12?

Answer 4

a*(1/3)^t/12

(3)^t

(3)^t/12

(3)^-t/12?

....... i cant make sense of any of these options