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A petri dish of bacteria grow continuously at a rate of 200% each day. If the petri dish began with 10 bacteria, how many bacteria are there after 5 days? Use the exponential gr…

A petri dish of bacteria grow continuously at a rate of 200% each day. If the petri dish began with 10 bacteria, how many bacteria are there after 5 days? Use the exponential gr…
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A petri dish of bacteria grow continuously at a rate of 200% each day. If the petri dish began with 10 bacteria, how many bacteria are there after 5 days? Use the exponential growth function f(t) = aert, and give your answer to the nearest whole number.

A petri dish of bacteria grow continuously at a rate of 200% each day. If the petri-example-1
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Answer: 320

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Multiply each time by 2 so 10*2=20 then 40, 80, 160, and 320

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