Pre Calc Question

Question

A bacteria has a doubling period of 10 days. If there are 2550 bacteria present now, how many will there be in 24 days? 

First we must find the daily growth rate (Round this to four decimal places).

First we must find the daily growth rate (Round this to four decimal places).

The growth rate is :

Then we use this rate to answer the question.

There will be:

Answer 1

A(24) = 2550(2)^24/10

Simple calculation

For daily

Deteremine A(1)

Then substitute into

A(1) = 2550e^k and solve for k

Third question is not given.

Answer 2

2550 * 2^(24/10) = 13,458