A common inhabitant of human intestines is the bacterium Escherichia coli. A cell of this bacterium in a nutrient-broth medium divides into two cells every 20 minutes. The initial population of a culture is 58 cells. (a) Find the relative growth rate. (Assume t is measured in hours.) k = (b) Find an expression for the number of cells after t hours. P(t) = (c) Find the number of cells after 8 hours. cells (d) Find the rate of growth after 8 hours. (Round your answer to three decimal places.) billion cells per hour (e) When will the population reach 20,000 cells? (Round your answer to two decimal places.) hr

a) k=2.08 1/hour

b) The exponential growth model can be written as:

c) 977,435,644 cells

d) 2.033 billions cells per hour.

e) 2.81 hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have a model of exponential growth.

We know that the population duplicates every 20 minutes (t=0.33).

The initial population is P(t=0)=58.

The exponential growth model can be written as:

For t=0, we have:

If we use the duplication time, we have:

Then, we have the model as:

The relative growth rate (RGR) is defined, if P is the population and t the time, as:

In this case, the RGR is k=2.08 1/h.

After 8 hours, we will have:

The rate of growth can be calculated as dP/dt and is:

For t=8, the rate of growth is:

(2.033 billions cells per hour).

We can calculate when the population will reach 20,000 cells as:

a

step-by-step explanation:

when a number is between two straight lines it means the absolute value.

to find absolute value you need to know how many numbers is that number away from 0.

when finding absolute value the number will always come out positive

so absolute value of -3 is 3

absolute value of 3/2 is 3/2

absolute value of -2 is 2

absolute value of 3.5 is 3.5

absolute value of -1 is 1

now put these numbers in order:

a)   |-1|, |3/2|, |-2|, |-3|, |3.5|