A population of bacteria is growing according to the function below, where t is in hours. How many hours will it take for the population to grow to 12,000 bacteria? Round your answer to the nearest integer. Do not include units in your answer.

B(t) = 50 *e^2t

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A population of bacteria is growing according to the function below, where t is in hours. How many hours will it take for the population to grow to 12,000 bacteria? Round your answer to the nearest integer. Do not include units in your answer.

B(t) = 50 *e^2t

anonymous · Answer

Substitute B(t) = 12000 and from there find t

anonymous · Answer

i got t as 2.74.....is that right?

anonymous · Answer

Yea, that's right