Asked by Ryu

The population of a bacterial colony increases approximately by
100
%
every hour. Which type of function would best be used to model this situation?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
An exponential growth function.
If P0 is the initial population and t is time in hours, then P(t) = P0·2^t (doubling each hour).
If you prefer a continuous form: P(t) = P0·e^{(ln 2) t}.