The population of bacteria in a Petri Dish is growing at a rate of 0.8t^3 + 3.5 thousand per hour. Find the total increase in bacteria during the first 2 hours.

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Lloyd Macrohon · Answer 1 · 2020-03-23T05:14:08+0000

Answer:

$p=9900\\$ bacterias in the initial two hours

Explanation:

the growing rate is given by the ecuation

p(t)=0.8(t)^(3) +3.5 thousand per hour

for t=2 we have

p(2)=0.8(2)^(3) +3.5 = 9.9 thousand

$p=9900\\$ bacterias

In two hours we have 9900 bacterias