A culture of bacteria in a Petri dish has an initial population of 1500 cells and grows

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A culture of bacteria in a Petri dish has an initial population of 1500 cells and grows at a rate (in cells/day) of N'(t) = 100e-0.25t. Assume t is measured in days.

a. What is the population after 20 days? After 40 days?

b. Find the population N(t) at any time t ≥ 0.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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