Three times the square of a nonzero number is equal to twelve times the number.

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Well if you write the statement as an equation then that will get you

3*x^2 = 12x

Now we just solve. You can divide both sides by 3x and that gives you x = 4

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A bacteria culture initially contains 100 cells and grows at a rate proportional to its size. After an hour the population has i

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P(t) = 100·2.3^t
529 after 2 hours
441 per hour, rate of growth at 2 hours
5.5 hours to reach 10,000

Step-by-step explanation:

It often works well to write an exponential expression as ...

value = (initial value)×(growth factor)^(t/(growth period))

(a) Here, the growth factor for the bacteria is given as 230/100 = 2.3 in a period of 1 hour. The initial number is 100, so we can write the pupulation function as ...

P(t) = 100·2.3^t

(b) P(2) = 100·2.3^2 = 529 . . . number after 2 hours

(c) P'(t) = ln(2.3)P(t) ≈ 83.2909·2.3^t

P'(2) = 83.2909·2.3^2 ≈ 441 . . . bacteria per hour

(d) We want to find t such that ...

P(t) = 10000

100·2.3^t = 10000 . . . substitute for P(t)

2.3^t = 100 . . . . . . . . divide by 100

t·log(2.3) = log(100)

t = 2/log(2.3) ≈ 5.5 . . . hours until the population reaches 10,000