On a College Campus of 10,000 Students, a Single Student

question 67

Multiple Choice

On a college campus of 10,000 students, a single student returned to campus infected by a disease. The spread of the disease through the student body is given by , where y is the total number infected at time t (in days) . How many are infected after 8 days? ​

• A)approximately 52 students
• B)approximately 10 students
• C)approximately 9,987 students
• D)approximately 2,158 students
• E)approximately 3,038 students

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