32. An experiment starts and the population of a bacteria culture increases by 10% in the first hour. Assume that the population increases at a rate proportional to the amount of bacteria. a) What is the doubling time?
32. An experiment starts and the population of a bacteria culture increases by 10% in the first hour. Assume that the population increases at a rate proportional to the amount of bacteria. a) What is the doubling time?
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Chapter5: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions
Section5.5: Exponential And Logarithmic Models
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According to the question, experiment starts and the population of bacteria culture increases by 10% in the first hour.
We need to determine the doubling time for this experiment.
(a) Doubling time = td = (ln 2/ln(1+r))
where r is the growth rate.
Substituting known,
td = 7.27 hours.
The doubling time for this experiment will be 2 hours as in 7.27 hours, the count of bacteria will double.
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