B. The pesticide DDT has a half-life of 15 years.
D. After an antibiotic is added to a culture of bacteria, the number of bacteria is reduced by half every three hours.
Which of the following are examples of exponential decay?
A. The population of a Florida is increasing by 43% each year.
B. The pesticide DDT has a half-life of 15 years.
C. March Madness has 64 teams in the bracket. Each round, half the teams are eliminated.
D. After an antibiotic is added to a culture of bacteria, the number of bacteria is reduced by half every three hours.
E. A tree frog population doubles every three weeks.
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