Aculture started with 2,000 bacteria. after 8 hours, it grew to 2,400 bacteria. predict how many bacteria will be present after 19 hours . round your answer to the nearest whole number. p=ae^kt
The population of a bacteria colony grows by a consistent percentage each hour and can be modeled by the function y = 500(1.16)t. what does the value 500 represent in the function?