Question

During the exponential growth, phase of salmonella bacteria in a certain environment, the population grows exponentially with a growth rate of 2.72% per hour. By what factor will an exponentially growing population of salmonella bacteria grow over the course of 50 hours? 2 Decimal place accuracy

Answer 1

Explanation:

Compounding growth factor of 2.72% ( in decimal .0272)

(1+ .0272)^50 = 3.83

the colony will be 3.83 times bigger than originally