Question

A population of a particular yeast cell develops with a constant relative growth rate of 0.4425 per hour. The initial population consists of 3.1 million cells. Find the population size (in millions of cells) after 3 hours. (Round your answer to one decimal place.)

Answer 1

The exponential function is often used to model the growth or decay of a population

The population size of the yeast cell after 3 hours is 6.24 million

The given parameters are:

a = 3.1M --- initial number of cells

r = 0.4425 per hour --- rate

The nth term of an exponential function is:

f(n) = a(1+r)^n-1

After 3 hours; n = 3

So, we have:

f(3) = a(1+r)^3-1

Substitute values for a and r

f(3) = 3.1 (1+0.4425)^3-1

f(3) = 3.1 ( 1.4425)^2

f(3) = 6.24

Hence, the population size of the yeast cell after 3 hours is 6.24 million.

Read more about exponential functions at: brainly.com/question/3127939

#SPJ4