If my simplification is valid the answer is:
1.4 % growth each minute
I don’t feel like the representation
P = 120(1.82) is important in this certain problem.
So P the predicted number of bacteria is not practical with this problem.
Use the 82% per hour and divide it by 60 because there are 60 minutes in an hour.
When doing this you find the rate in which bacteria grows which is about 1.4%.
The prediction is about 1.82 percent for 120 something it’s not clarified, but I’m guessing that’s minutes.
So you can prove that the prediction is over the rate in which bacteria grows per minute.
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Answer:
A(x) = 20000(0.88)^x
Step-by-step explanation:
The general form of these exponential equations is ...
A(x) = a·b^x
where 'a' is the initial value, and b is the annual growth factor. x is the elapsed time in years.
The growth factor is ...
growth factor = 1 + growth rate
Here, the growth rate per year is -12%, so the growth factor is ...
b = 1 -12% = 88% = 0.88
Of course, the initial value is a=20,000, so the equation is ...
A(x) = 20000(0.88)^x
The answer is B $37.59
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