Question

My question is a bacteria increases its number every hour by eight times (eight times more bacteria than the last hour) in 12 hours how much bacteria will there be? I also have to use this formula (y=1x8^t) where t is the hours.

Answer 1

Answer:

The rate of exponential growth of a bacterial culture is expressed as generation time, also the doubling time of the bacterial population. Generation time (G) is defined as the time (t) per generation (n = number of generations). Hence, G=t/n is the equation from which calculations of generation time (below) derive.

Answer 2

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that the number of bacteria doubles every hour.

Therefore, the number of bacteria after every hour will form a G.P.

with first term (a=30) and common ratio (r=2)

∴a

3

=ar

2

=(30)(2)

2

=120

Therefore, the number of bacteria at the end of 2nd hour will be 480.

a

5

=ar

4

=(30)(2)

4

=480

and a

n+1

=ar

n

=(30)(2)

n

Thus the number of bacteria at the end of nth hour will be (30)(2)

n

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