A species of bacteria has a population of 80 at noon. It double every 8 hours. The function that models the growth of the population, P, at any hour, t, is
P(t) = 80(28) 8 a. Why is the exponent ?
b. Why is the base 2?
c. Why is the multiplier 80?
d. Determine the population at noon the next day.
e. Determine the time at which the population first exceeds 60 Thousand.