To begin a bacteria study, a petri dish had 1500 bacteria cells. Each hour since, the number of cells has increased by 7.1%.

Question

Let t be the number of hours since the start of the study. Let y
be the number of bacteria cells.

Write an exponential function showing the relationship between y and t.

Answer 1

y = 1500 (1.071)^t , where t is in hours