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There is a population of 5 bacteria in a colony. If the number of bacteria doubles every minute, which function can be used to determine what the population will be x minutes from now?

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Answer:

[tex]f(x) = 5 *2^x[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

[tex]a=5[/tex] -- initial

[tex]r = 2[/tex] --- rate (i.e. double)

Required

The function to represent the scenario

The above scenario represents an exponential function where

[tex]f(x) = ar^x[/tex]

So, the function is:

[tex]f(x) = 5 *2^x[/tex]

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