The size of a population of bacteria is modelled by P(t) = 5000 X e0.03t where t is time, in hours. When is the population 7000 bacteria? Give answer correct to two decimal places

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The size of a population of bacteria is modelled by P(t) = 5000 X e0.03t where t is time, in hours. When is the population 7000 bacteria? Give answer correct to two decimal places 

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The size of the population of the bacteria is related to time by the equation,

P(t)=5000e0.03t

Here, is the time in hours and P(t) is the population at time t.

 

 

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