A bacterial culture contains cells at hours and cells at hours
MATHEMATICS · Single correct · AP · Calculus AB · Differential Equations · Differential Equations
Problem
A bacterial culture contains 500 cells at t=0 hours and 1350 cells at t=3 hours. Assuming the population grows exponentially, what is the growth rate constant k (in h−1)?
(a) 0.567
(b) 0.331
(c) 0.221
(d) 0.993