A colony of bacteria is growing exponentially according to the function below, where t is in hours. what will the approximate number of bacteria be after 7 hours?

B(t)=4*e^0.8t

Question

A colony of bacteria is growing exponentially according to the function below, where t is in hours. what will the approximate number of bacteria be after 7 hours?

B(t)=4*e^0.8t

anonymous · Answer

Hello. Since t is the number of hours and you are given 7 hours in the problem, just plug in 7 for t and you will get your answer.

anonymous · Answer

In other words, 
B(7)= 4*e^(0.8*7). Plug this into your calculator and you should get your answer.