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Growth of Bacteria The growth rate of Escherichia coli, a common bacterium found in the human intestine, is proportional to its size. Under ideal laboratory conditions, when this bacterium is grown in a nutrient broth medium, the number of cells in a culture doubles approximately every 30 min. (a) If the initial population is 100, determine the function Q(t) that expresses the growth of the number of cells of this bacterium as a function of time t (in minutes).

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Answer:


Q(t) =
100(2)^t

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Growth of Bacteria The growth rate of Escherichia coli, a common bacterium found in-example-1
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