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marishachu [46]

3 years ago

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The bacteria starts at 2million.The doctor prescribes an antibiotic that reduces the bacteria population to 1/4 of its size each

day.
a. Draw the graph of the size of the bacteria population against time in days.
b. Find the formula that gives the size of the bacteria population in terms of time.
c. Find the size of the bacteria population ten days after the drug was first taken.
d. Find the size of the bacteria population after 14 days

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Bogdan [553]3 years ago

8 0

i think its B but iam not sure

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