How do I find the initial number of bacteria if after 3 hours there are 400 bacteria present and after 10 hours there are 2000 bacteria present?
1 Answer
Apr 23, 2018
Initial number of bacteria is
Explanation:
Growth of bacteria takes place exponentially and if initial population is
Here we have to find initial number of bacteria i.e. at
and
and dividing (B) by (A) we get
i.e.
putting this in (A), we get
or
and