The count in a culture of bacteria was 800 after 2 hours and 51,200 after 6 hours. (a) What is the relative rate of growth of the bacteria population? Express your answer as a percentage. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) % (b) What was the initial size of the culture? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) bacteria (c) Find a function that models the number of bacteria n(t) after t hours. (Enter your answer in the form noet. Round your no value to the nearest whole number. Round your r value to two decimal places.) n(t) =

The count in a culture of bacteria was 800 after 2 hours and 51,200 after 6 hours. (a) What is the relative rate of growth of the bacteria population? Express your answer as a percentage. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) % (b) What was the initial size of the culture? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) bacteria (c) Find a function that models the number of bacteria n(t) after t hours. (Enter your answer in the form noet. Round your no value to the nearest whole number. Round your r value to two decimal places.) n(t) =

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter7: Exponents And Exponential Functions

Section7.8: Transforming Exponential Expressions

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