There is a population of 5 bacteria in a colony. If the number of bacteria doubles every 115 minutes, what will the population be 345 minutes from now?
1 Answer
Feb 13, 2016
This is an exponential growth problem:
Explanation:
For this problem the initial population
The rate of growth
The time factor is based on a duration of 115 minutes:
Insert the values into the growth equation:
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