The number 296 is 74 % of what number
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Given:
The growth of a sample of bacteria can be modeled by the function
where, b is the number of bacteria and t is time in hours.
To find:
The number of total bacteria after 3 hours.
Solution:
We have,
where, b is the number of bacteria and t is time in hours.
Substituting t=3, we get the number of total bacteria after 3 hours.
Number of bacteria cannot be decimal value. So, approximate the value to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, the number of total bacteria after 3 hours is about 3003.
Answer
Exponential function is in the form of : .....[1]
where a is the initial amount and r is the growth rate and (1+r) is the growth factor.
Given the function:
On comparing with equation [1] we have;
Initial amount(a) = 12
1+r = 1.05
Subtract 1 from both sides we get;
or 5%
Growth (r) = 0.05 or 5%
Now, evaluate the function for t = 5 we have;
Substitute the value of t=5 in the given function we have;
Therefore, the value of function when t=5 to the nearest tenth is 15.3