Asked by Sam

A population of bacteria is 8500 on Day 1, 9350 on Day 2, and 10,285 on Day 3.

What will the population be on Day 30?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Each day the population multiplies by 1.1 (9350/8500 = 1.1). So on Day 30:

P(30) = 8500*(1.1)^(29) ≈ 8500*(15.86313) ≈ 134,837.

So about 134,837 bacteria.