The population P of a culture of bacteria is described by the equation , where t is the time, in hours, relative to the time at which the population was 1600.(a) What was the population at 

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(b) After how many hours will the population reach 10000.00? Round to the nearest tenth of an hour. Show your work.

What will be an ideal response?


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 0.052t
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  35.2 hours
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