A bacterial population B is known to have

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2022-01-19

A bacterial population B is known to have a rate of growth proportional to B itself. If between noon and 2pm the population triples, at what time no controls being exerted, should B becomes 100 times what it was at noon? what wiil be the population at 6pm?

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Expert2022-02-01Added 777 answers

For the growth rate to be proportional to the population, the population has to be an exponential function of time. Since it triples in 2 hours, the function must be of the form

p(t)=p(0)(3)t

and we require the value of t such that

p(t)=p(0)100

So (3)t=100

Taking logs of both sides, we get

tlog(3)=log100

t=log100log(3)

=2log100log3

8.384

B should become 100 times what it was at noon after 8.384 hours, i.e. at 8:23 p.m. (to the nearest minute).

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