A biologist is researching a newly-discovered species of bacteria. At time t = 0 hours, he puts two hundred bacteria into what he has determined to be a favorable growth medium. Eight hours later, he measures 1200 bacteria. Assuming exponential growth, what is the growth constant "k" for the bacteria? (Round k to three decimal places.)

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asnaseer · Answer

Do you have any ideas on how to go about solving this?

perl · Answer

Are they looking for the continuous growth constant?
You can use the equation
$$
\Large y = A_o e^{kt}
$$

anonymous · Answer

@asnaseer  no i dont