A scientist is observing a particular species of bacteria growing in a petri dish. The number of bacteria can be represented by the equation n(t) = 50(1.2)^t, where n is the number of bacteria after t hours. If the scientist checks the population in 4 hours, what would be an appropriate domain for the problem

The domain of the problem would be the set of positive real numbers, as time cannot be negative and the model assumes the bacteria population increases continuously over time.