Question

A certain population of bacteria which demonstrates exponential growth doubles in size every 12 hours.If the initial population is 1,000 bacteria how long will it take to have 3200 bacteria

Answer 1

@mathslover

Answer 2

\[3200=(1000)*2^{n/12}\]
solve for n....

Answer 3

one second

Answer 4

n = 96/5

Answer 5

yes..nicely done!

Answer 6

was that it? :o

Answer 7

Yea...do you want me to solve and check the answer?

Answer 8

yeah. i got 19 but i don't think that's right :/

Answer 9

Answer is 20.14 hours...

Answer 10

You were close...probably a small mistake somewhere...

Answer 11

ah i see thank you so much sourav!!

Answer 12

U are welcome friend!