Daniel studies the growth of bacteria. He finds that one of his bacterial cultures grows by 4 percent hourly. His initial culture has 500 bacteria, and he uses the expression 500( to find the number of bacteria in the culture after t hours. What is the value of b in the expression?

Daniel studies the growth of bacteria. He finds that one of his bacterial cultures grows by 4 percent hourly. His initial culture has 500 bacteria, and he uses the expression 500( to find the number of bacteria in the culture after t hours. What is the value of b in the expression?

Intermediate Algebra

19th Edition

ISBN:9780998625720

Author:Lynn Marecek

Publisher:Lynn Marecek

Chapter10: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

Section10.2: Evaluate And Graph Exponential Functions

Problem 119E: In the following exercises, use an exponential model to solve. 119. A researcher at the Center for...

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Daniel studies the growth of bacteria. He finds that one of his bacterial cultures grows by 4 percent hourly. His initial culture has 500 bacteria, and he uses the expression 500(b)
to find the number of bacteria in the culture after t hours.
What is the value of b in the expression?

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