A bacterial culture starts with 400 bacteria and grows at a rate proportional to its size. After 2 hours there will be 800 bacteria.
1) Express the population, P(t) after t hours as a function of t
2) Using your equation from above, what will the population be after 8 hours?
3) Using your equation from above, after how many hours will the population reach 2270 bacteria?

Step-by-step explanation:

The wording "a rate proportional to its size" is an indication that growth (or decay) is exponential.

1) For many problems involving exponential growth, I like to use the numbers given in the problem statement as follows.

  population = (initial population) × (growth factor)^(t/(growth period))

where the "growth period" is the period of time in which the population is multiplied by the "growth factor".

Here, we're given ...

  (initial population) = 400

  (growth factor) = 800/400 = 2

  (growth period) = 2 . . . . hours

So, our population function can be written as ...

  P(t) = 400×2^(t/2)

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2) Putting t=8 into the formula, we get ...

  P(8) = 400×2^(8/2) = 400×16 = 6400

After 8 hours, the population will be 6400.

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3) Fill in the given number and solve for t.

  2270 = 400×2^(t/2)

  2270/400 = 2^(t/2)

Taking logs, we have ...

  log(227/40) = (t/2)log(2)

  t = 2×log(227/40)/log(2) ≈ 5.009

After 5.0 hours, the population will reach 2270.

the last choice

step-by-step explanation:

15%

step-by-step explanation:

use the table and count the number of guesses that has two correct answers.

the following are two correct answers

10010, 01100, 11000

a total of 3 numbers having 2 correct guesses out of 20 questions.

probability of getting 2 correct guesses = the number of questions getting 2 correct answers / total number of questions.

= 3/20

to convert it into percent multiply by 100, we get

= 3/20 * 100

= 15%

the answer is 15%

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