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The number of bacteria in a culture is given by the function

n(t) = 900e0.3t
where t is measured in hours.
(a) What is the continuous rate of growth of this bacterium population?
Your answer is
percent
(b) What is the initial population of the culture (at t=0)?
Your answer is
(c) How many bacteria will the culture contain at time t=5?
Your answer is
Round to the nearest bacteria.

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