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bacteria are the most common example of exponential growth the table below shows the number of e-coli bacteria that would be present after each hour of the first six hours.

a) each hour the number is multiplied by 16. Such a geometric sequence is described by an exponential growth function.

b) n = 16^t . . . . . n is number of bacteria; t is hours

c) about 7.923×10^28

d) the rule would be multiplied by 100/16=6.25, so becomes n=6.25·16^t

Step-by-step explanation:

a) We presume the table represents exponential growth because it was formulated with that purpose in mind. ("Why?" is always a tricky question.) It represents exponential growth because each table entry is 16 times the one before. A constant multiplier like that is characteristic of exponential growth.

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b) In part (a) we noted the common ratio is 16. Since the first term (for t=1) is also 16, we can write the equation as ...

n = 16^t

where n is the number of bacteria and t is time in hours

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c) Evaluating the formula for t=24, we get ...

n = 16^24 ≈ 7.923×10^28

n = 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,336

This is the estimate of the number present after 24 hours based on the formula.

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d) If the starting number is different, the rule is multiplied by a factor that gives the appropriate starting value. The above answer assumes your "starting value" is 100 after 1 hour. If the starting value at 0 hours is 100, then the rule of part (b) gets multiplied by 100, not 6.25

n = 100·16^t . . . . . starting with 100 at t=0

n = 6.25·16^t . . . . starting with 100 at t=1

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Comment on exponential bacteria growth

The number of bacteria estimated in part (c) have an approximate volume of 102 cubic kilometers, roughly the volume of Lake Nicaragua.

the reporter's right

step-by-step explanation:

1/4 = .25 / 25%

900 degrees

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