David is observing a bacterial population. The population doubles every 30 minutes. The function p(x)=200*2^x

Answer 1

represents the number of bacteria in the population after x hours.

To find the number of bacteria after 2 hours, we can substitute x=2 into the function p(x)=200*2^x:

p(2) = 200*2^2
p(2) = 200*4
p(2) = 800

Therefore, there would be 800 bacteria in the population after 2 hours.