Task 1 - Bacteria Population Growth
Bacteria are the most common example of exponential growth. In this task, you will choose an hourly growth rate between 2 and 10 for some bacteria.
You will start with 1 bacteria and then calculate the total population after certain amounts of time.
Question 1
Select a number between 2 and 10 to represent the hourly growth rate of a certain bacteria.
For example, selecting the number 8 would mean that the amount of bacteria will be 8 times greater after every hour
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My bacteria will increase
times every hour.
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My bacteria will increase 5 times every hour.
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