4. A colony that initially contains 100 bacteria cells is growing exponentially, doubling in size every 75 minutes. Approximately how many bacteria cells will the colony have after 6 hours.

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4.	A colony that initially contains 100 bacteria cells is growing exponentially, doubling in size every 75 minutes. Approximately how many bacteria cells will the colony have after 6 hours.

anonymous · Answer

I'm not sure which equation to use. Did I do it right here?

        2 = e1.25r
 	r = 0.5545
        N(6) = 100e0.5545*6
 		= 2785.5

anonymous · Answer

its exponential growth fromula

anonymous · Answer

ok i'll see if I can figure out. Just to clarify, I didn't do it right in that first example did I?

anonymous · Answer

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