Estimate the time for the population to reach 60,000. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) hr

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Estimate the time for the population to reach 60,000. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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Transcribed Image Text:Estimate the time for the population to reach 60,000. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) hr
Under ideal conditions a certain bacteria population is known to double every four hours. Suppose that there are initially 130 bacteria.
(a) What is the size of the population after 8 hours?
520
bacteria
(b) What is the size of the population after t hours?
130 (2(+))
bacteria
(c) What is the size of the population after 17 hours? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
2474
bacteria
Transcribed Image Text:Under ideal conditions a certain bacteria population is known to double every four hours. Suppose that there are initially 130 bacteria. (a) What is the size of the population after 8 hours? 520 bacteria (b) What is the size of the population after t hours? 130 (2(+)) bacteria (c) What is the size of the population after 17 hours? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) 2474 bacteria
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