Question

A scientist has 2,374 microbes growing in a dish. Fifteen minutes later, there are 3,224 more microbes in the same dish. Estimate the new number of microbes in the dish by rounding each number to the nearest hundred

Answer 1

EXPLANATION

We can apply the growth function in order to get the value of microbes

Time= 15 minutes

Initial Population = P_0 = 5,374

Population_15 minutes = 3,224

The population after 15 minutes would be 5,400 + 3,200 = 8,600 microbes

The solution is 8,600 microbes.