A chemical reagent is introduced into a bacterial population, and t hours later the number of bacteria (in thousands) isN(t) = 1200 + 21t² – t³ (for 0 ≤ t ≤ 21).(a) When will the population be the largest?t=How large will it be?(b) When will the population be growing at the fastest rate?t=thousand bacteriaHow fast?thousand bacteria per hourWhat word applies to such a point?O critical pointO maximum pointO inflection pointO rate pointO minimum point

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A chemical reagent is introduced into a bacterial population, and t hours later the number of bacteria (in thousands) is N(t) = 1200+ 21t² - t³ (for 0 ≤ t ≤ 21). (a) When will the population be the largest? t = How large will it be? thousand bacteria (b) When will the population be growing at the fastest rate? t = How fast? thousand bacteria per hour What word applies to such a point? O critical point O maximum point O inflection point O rate point O minimum point

A chemical reagent is introduced into a bacterial population, and t hours later the number of bacteria (in thousands) is N(t) = 1200+ 21t² - t³ (for 0 ≤ t ≤ 21). (a) When will the population be the largest? t = How large will it be? thousand bacteria (b) When will the population be growing at the fastest rate? t = How fast? thousand bacteria per hour What word applies to such a point? O critical point O maximum point O inflection point O rate point O minimum point

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