The number of bacteria in a culture is given by the function n(t)=955e^0.35t Where t is measured in hours. a). What is the continuous rate of growth of this bacterium population? Your answer is what %? b). What is the initial population of culture (at t=0)? Your answer is? c). How many bacteria will the culture contain at time t=5? Your answer is? Round to the nearest bacteria.

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The number of bacteria in a culture is given by the function n(t)=955e^0.35t

Where t is measured in hours.

a). What is the continuous rate of growth of this bacterium population?

Your answer is what %?

b). What is the initial population of culture (at t=0)?

Your answer is?

c). How many bacteria will the culture contain at time t=5?

Your answer is?

Round to the nearest bacteria.

 

 

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