A culture started with 2000 bacteria. after 2 hours it grew to 2400 bacteria. predict how many bacteria will be present after 10 hours. round your answer to the nearest whole number. P=Ae^kt

There will be 4977 bacteria present after 10 hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

The exponential function for continuous growth in t years is given by :-

  (i)

, where A = initial population, k= rate of growth.

As per given, A= 2000,  

After t= 2 hours, P=2400

Put these values in  (i), we get

Taking log on both sides

put value of A=2000, k= 0.09116 and t= 10 , we get

Hence, there will be 4977 bacteria present after 10 hours.

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