The bacteria has an exponential growth rate and the population of the
bacteria increases rapidly with time.
(a) The relative rate of growth is
.
(b) The initial size of the culture is 75 bacteria.
(c) The function that models the number of bacteria n(t) is;
(d) The number of bacteria after 4.5 hours is approximately 8,100 bacteria.
(e) The number of hours after which the bacteria will reach 75,000 is approximately 6.64 hours.
Reasons:
The count in the culture of bacteria after 2 hours = 600
The count after 6 hours = 38,400
(a) The relative rate of growth, k is given by the formula;
Therefore, we get;
Which gives;
4·k = ㏑(64)
(b) The initial size of the culture, C, is given by the relation;
Therefore, we get;
The initial size of the culture, C = 75
(c) The function is
Where:
y = n(t)
C = n₀
k = r
We get;
n₀ = C = 75
Which gives the function as follows;
(d) The number of bacteria after 4.5 hours is ≈ 8,100 bacteria
(e) At n(t) = 75,000, we have;
The time at which the bacteria population will reach 75,000, t ≈ 6.64 hours.
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