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A certain population of bacteria has an average growth rate of 2%. The formula for the growth of the bacteria's population is A=Po⋅1.02^t, where Po is the original population and t is the time in hours.

If you begin with 200 bacteria, about how many bacteria will there be after 100 hours?
A. 1,449
B. 272
C. 20,000
D. 7

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The answer is B! Good Luck!!
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