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antoniya [11.8K]
3 years ago
15

the number of bacteria in a sample after x days is represented using the equation

%281.05%29%5E%7B-x%7D%20" id="TexFormula1" title="b=50,000(1.05)^{-x} " alt="b=50,000(1.05)^{-x} " align="absmiddle" class="latex-formula">. by what approximate percent does the population change per day?a.4.8% decreaseb.5.0% increasec.95.2% decreased.105.0% increase
Mathematics
1 answer:
KATRIN_1 [288]3 years ago
3 0
Initial, x = 0, b = 50000

day 1, x = 1, b = 50000 (1.05)^-1

day 2, x = 2, b = 50000 (1.05) =^-2

day 2 / day 1 = 1.05^-2 / 1.05^-1 = 1.05^-1 = 0.952

Which means that the number of bacteria decreased 4.8%
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