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 5,000 bacteria? Round your answer to the nearest integer. Do not include units in your answer.

B(t) = 20 e1.5t

Question

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 5,000 bacteria? Round your answer to the nearest integer. Do not include units in your answer.

B(t) = 20  e1.5t

phi · Answer

solve for t in
$$ 20 e^{1.5t}= 5000$$

the first step is divide both sides by 20, and simplify
then take the natural log of both sides.
can you finish ?