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galben [10]
3 years ago
9

A biologist recorded a count of 360 bacteria present in a culture after 5 minutes and 1000 bacteria present after 20 minutes. Wr

ite the exponential equation representing this scenario modeled as a continuous growth model.
Mathematics
1 answer:
maksim [4K]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

r = \frac{ln(\frac{25}{9})}{15}= 0.06811008317

A_o = \frac{360}{e^{5*0.06811008317}} = 256.0963179

And our exponential model would be:

A(t) = 256.0963179 e^{0.06811008317 t}

Step-by-step explanation:

We want to adjust an exponential model given by this general expression:

A(t)= A_o e^{rt}

Where A(t) represent the number of bacteria after some t minuts

t represent the time in minutes

A_o represent the initial amount of bacteria

r represent the growth/decay rate

For this problem we know the following two conditions:

A(5)= 360, A(20) = 1000

Using the first condition we have this:

360 = A_o e^{5r}

We can solve for the initial amount A_o and we got:

A_o = \frac{360}{e^{5r}}   (1)

Now using the second condition we have this:

1000 = A_o e^{20r}  (2)

Replacing equation (1) into (2) we have this:

1000 =\frac{360}{e^{5r}} e^{20r} = 360 e^{15r}   (3)

Now we can divide both sides by 360 and we got:

\frac{1000}{360}=\frac{25}{9}= e^{15r}

Now we can apply natural log on both sides and we got:

ln(\frac{25}{9}) = 15r

And solving for r we got:

r = \frac{ln(\frac{25}{9})}{15}= 0.06811008317

And replacing this value of r into equation (1) we got:

A_o = \frac{360}{e^{5*0.06811008317}} = 256.0963179

And our exponential model would be:

A(t) = 256.0963179 e^{0.06811008317 t}

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