The number of bacteria in a culture is given by the function n(t)=945e0.4tn(t)=945e0.4t where tt is measured in hours. (a) What is the relative rate of growth of this bacterium population? Your answer is    percent (b) What is the initial population of the culture (at t=0)? Your answer is    (c) How many bacteria will the culture contain at time t=5? Your answer is

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The number of bacteria in a culture is given by the function
n(t)=945e0.4tn(t)=945e0.4t
where tt is measured in hours.
(a) What is the relative rate of growth of this bacterium population?
Your answer is    percent
(b) What is the initial population of the culture (at t=0)?
Your answer is   
(c) How many bacteria will the culture contain at time t=5?
Your answer is    

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