Given the amount of bacteria after x hours modelled by the equation:
f(x) = 20(2)^x/12
Note that x is in hours not days
To calculate the number of bacteria that will be contained within the culture after 4 days, we will first convert 4days into hours since x is in hours.
24hours = 1day
xhours = 4days
x = 24×4
x = 96hours
Substituting x = 96 into the equation
f(96) = 20(2)^96/12
f(96) = 20(2)^8
f(96) = 20×2^8
f(96) = 20×256
f(96) = 5,120
The number of bacteria that will be contained after 4days is 5,120bacterias
