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Part 1
Under ideal conditions, a population of E. coli bacteria can
double
every
2020
minutes. This behavior can be modeled by the exponential function
Upper N left parenthesis t right parenthesis equals Upper N 0 left parenthesis 2 Superscript 0.05 t Baseline right parenthesisN(t)=N020.05t
where t is the time in minutes and
Upper N 0N0
is the initial number of E. coli bacteria. Answer the following questions.
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Part 1
a) If the initial number of E. coli bacteria is
33,
how many bacteria will be present in
22
hours?
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(Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)
Part 2
b) If the initial number of E. coli bacteria is
66,
how many bacteria will be present in
22
hours?
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(Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)
Part 3
c) If the initial number of E. coli bacteria is
66,
how many bacteria will be present in
55
hours?
enter your response here
(Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)