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The growth of a sample of bacteria can be modeled by the function b(t) =100(1.06)^t where b is the number of bacteria and t is the time in hours. What is the number of total bacteria after 3 hours? Round to the nearest whole number.

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There are 119 bacteria after 3 hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let be [tex]b(t) = 100\cdot 1.06^{t}[/tex], where [tex]t[/tex] is the time, measured in hours, and [tex]b(t)[/tex] is the number of total bacteria, dimensionless. The number of total bacteria after 3 hours is found after evaluating the function at given function:

[tex]b (3) = 100\cdot 1.06^{3}[/tex]

[tex]b(3) = 119.102[/tex]

We rounded to the nearest preceeding whole number, since number of bacteria represents a discrete set. There are 119 bacteria after 3 hours.

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