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A colony of bacteria used to clean up an oil spill grows exponentially at the rate of 2% per minute.

By how many times will it have increased after 6 h?

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I have solved this problem for you below!

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nostalgicGirl

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It is an exponential growth problem y=ae^nt
n=> 2% => 0.02
t => 6 => 6*60 => 360

by using scientific calculator exponential is found to be

Y= 1339.4

So, after six hours the population of bacteria is grown 1339.4 times at the rate of 2%

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Thanks

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