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b. Maria is watching cell growth in a lab. The cells double every 30 minutes. If there were 3 cells
initially, how many cells are there in 5 hours

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Answer:

  3072

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of cells is initially 3 and is multiplied by 2 every time t increases by 1/2 hour. This means the exponential function describing the number of cells can be written ...

  y = (initial value) × (growth factor)^(t/(growth period)

  y = 3 × (2^(t/(1/2)) = 3×2^(2t)

After 5 hours, the number of cells will be ...

  y = 3×2^(2·5) = 3×2^10 = 3×1024

  y = 3072

There are 3072 cells in 5 hours.

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Additional comment

The function could be simplified to ...

  y = 3×4^t

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