The size of a bacterial culture grows in such a way that after t minutes, there are

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The size of a bacterial culture grows in such a way that after t minutes, there are P(t) = A · 20.001t bacteria present, for some constant A. After 10 minutes, there are 10,000 bacteria.

a. What is A?

b. How many bacteria are initially present (t = 0)? After 20 minutes? After 1 hour?

c. At what average rate does the bacterial population change over the second hour?

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Calculus For Business, Economics And The Social And Life Sciences

ISBN: 9780073532387

11th Brief Edition

Authors: Laurence Hoffmann, Gerald Bradley, David Sobecki, Michael Price

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