Question

Bacteria is known to grow exponentially. The function B(h)=82(1.25)^h

represents the number of bacteria, B(h)
, as a function of hours, h. How many bacteria will there be after only 5 1/2
hours to the nearest bacteria? What is B(5 1/2)
?(1 point)
Responses

564
564

280
280

257
257

279

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the number of bacteria after 5 1/2 hours, substitute 5.5 into the function B(h):

B(5.5) = 82(1.25)^(5.5)

B(5.5) ≈ 279.247

To the nearest bacteria, there would be approximately 279 bacteria after 5 1/2 hours.