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A bacteria culture starts with 960 bacteria and grows at a rate proportional to its size. After 4 hours there will be 3840 bacteria.


(a) Express the population after t hours as a function of t.

population:__________________________ (function of t)

(b) What will be the population after 6 hours?

(c) How long will it take for the population to reach 2930 ?

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