2) How Acidic Is It?
The pH scale is a way to measure the acidity of a liquid solution. It is based on the concentration
of positive hydrogen ions in the liquid. A smaller pH indicates more hydrogen ions and higher
acidity. A larger pH indicates less hydrogen ions and lower acidity.
Here is a table showing the hydrogen ion concentration (in moles per liter) and the pH of some
different liquids:

The biologist has a second culture to examine. she knows that the population of the culture doubles every 15 minutes. after 1 hour and 15 minutes, her assistant found that 80,000 bacteria were present. a) what was the size of the initial population? b) predict the size of the culture at t=3 hours. what was the size of the population at 40 minutes? explain and justify your answers. c) create a graph of the population as a function of time. find an equation that can be used to predict the size of the population at any time t. d) examine the rate at which the bacteria culture is growing. how fast is the culture growing after 1 hour? after 1.5 hours? after 2 hours? use a time interval of h = 0.01 hours to estimate these rates. interpret these rates in terms of the context of the problem situation. how do these three rates compare?