The number of cells in a culture increases according to a continuous exponential growth model. There were 1800 to begin with and after 2.5 hours there is now 1997. What is the hourly growth rate?

Hourly growth rate is 4.24%

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula or exponential growth is given by:

Where

y is the instantaneous value of growing culture

a is the initial value of growing culture

r is the 'hourly' growth rate

n is the number of hours passed

As per given values:

y = 1997; a = 1800; n = 2.5

Hence, growth rate is:

r = 0.0424 = 4.24%

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