A colony of bacteria is growing exponentially according to the function below, where t is in hours. How many hours will it take for the population to grow to 200. Round to nearest nteger
B(t)=4*e^0.8t

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A colony of bacteria is growing exponentially according to the function below, where t is in hours. How many hours will it take for the population to grow to 200. Round to nearest nteger
B(t)=4*e^0.8t

anonymous · Answer

@dpaInc how did you get 8=e^(0.8t)

anonymous · Answer

divide 4 on both sides to get:
50=e^(0.8t)
ln50=.08t
(ln50)/(0.8)=t

there... that's better...:)

anonymous · Answer

so im left with 4.89? @dpaInc

anonymous · Answer

yea.. that's what got too...