Question: 1. This exercise uses the population growth model. A certain culture of the bacterium Streptococcus A initially has6bacteria and is observed to double every 1.5

1. This exercise uses the population growth model. A certain culture of the bacteriumStreptococcus Ainitially has6bacteria and is observed to double every 1.5 hours.

(a) Find an exponential model

n(t) =n02t/a

for the number of bacteria in the culture afterthours.

n(t) =

(b) Estimate the number of bacteria after28hours. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

bacteria (c) After how many hours will the bacteria count reach 10,000? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)

t=h

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