Question

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Dr. Silas studies studies a culture of bacteria under a microscope. The function b1(t)=1200(1.8)^t. What does the value of 1000 represent in this situation and what does it tell you about the difference between the two studies?

Answer 1

The function is
b1 = 1200 (1.8)^t
The question is what does the value of 1000 represent but I think what you really mean to ask is what does the value of 1200 represent since there is a term in the function with that value.
The value 12000 represents the initial bacterial count or the colonies at t = 0.