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Exam-Style Question on Exponential ModelsA mathematics exam-style question with a worked solution that can be revealed gradually |
Question id: 78. This question is similar to one that appeared on an IB Standard paper in 2014. The use of a calculator is allowed.
Percy Cod and Fran Finklestein are both researchers working at different universities. They are each studying a different colony of bacteria which coincidentally start increasing in size at the same time.
The number of bacteria in Percy's colony, after \(t\) hours, is modelled by the function \(P(t)=8e^{0.3t}\).
(a) Find the initial number of bacteria in Percy's colony.
(b) Find the number of bacteria in Percy's colony after four hours.
(c) How long does it take for the number of bacteria in Percy's colony to reach 350?
The number of bacteria in Fran's colony, after t hours, is modelled by the function \(F(t)=16e^{kt}\).
(d) After four hours, there are 35 bacteria in Fran's colony. Find the value of \(k\).
(e) The number of bacteria in Percy's colony first exceeds the number of bacteria in Fran's colony after \(n\) hours, where \(n\in \mathbb Z\). Find the value of \(n\).
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