Question

A particular type of cell doubles in number every hour. Which function can be used to find the

number of cells present at the end of h hours if there are initially 4 of these cells?

Answer 1

The function would be

.This is in the general form

, where a is the initial value, b is the rate it increases by, and x is the amount of time. For our function, the initial value is 4 and the rate it increases by is 2.

Explanation: