Mathias is growing a mold culture in a petri dish. After gathering data for several weeks, he determines the expression for the amount of mold spores in his culture on a certain day.
The expression is shown. 2330(1.03)' What does 1.03 in the expression represent?
A. It is the starting amount of mold in the culture.
B. It shows that the growth rate of the culture is 3%
C. It shows that the growth rate of the culture is 103%
D. It shows that the growth rate of the culture is 1.03%
E. It is the amount of mold in the culture at the end of the experiment.