A population of bacteria grows at a rate proportional to the number of bacteria at the time. There wereinitially 250 bacteria, and after 24 hours the population multiplied by 10. How many bacteria wouldthere be after 48 hours?

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Calculus: Early Transcendentals

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Chapter1: Functions And Models

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Problem 1RCC: (a) What is a function? What are its domain and range? (b) What is the graph of a function? (c) How...

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A population of bacteria grows at a rate proportional to the number of bacteria at the time. There were initially 250 bacteria, and after 24 hours the population multiplied by 10. How many bacteria would there be after 48 hours?