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A colony of bacteria is growing exponentially according to the function below, where T is in hours. How many bacteria are there after 7 hours?

B(T)= 4*e^(0.8)T

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  1. B(T)=4*e^(0.8)(7)
    7 for T
    B(T)=62.3151
    (plugged the equation into a graphing calculator)

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  2. That is completely wrong. I'm sure you didn't type the equation in right or something. The correct answer is 1081-1082 bacteria.

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  3. A colony of bacteria is growing exponentially according to the function below, where T is in hours. How many bacteria are there after 6 hours?
    B(T)= 4*e^(0.8)T

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