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Bacteria is known to grow exponentially. The function B(h)=82(1.25)^h represents the number of bacteria, B(h), as a function of hours, h.

How many bacteria will there be after only 5 1/2
hours to the nearest bacteria? What is B(5 1/2)
?

(1 point)
Responses

257
257

280
280

279
279

564
564

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
B(5.5) = 82(1.25)^{5.5} ≈ 82 × 3.411968945 ≈ 279.78 ≈ 280 bacteria (to the nearest bacterium).