On the Basis of Data Collected During an Experiment, a Biologist

question 258

Essay

On the basis of data collected during an experiment, a biologist found that the growth of the fruit fly (Drosophila) with a limited food supply could be approximated by the exponential model , where t denotes the number of days since the beginning of the experiment.
What was the initial fruit fly population in the experiment? __________
What was the maximum fruit fly population that could be expected under this laboratory condition? __________
What was the population of the fruit fly colony on the 20th day? Please give the answer as an integer.__________
How fast was the population changing on the 20th day? Please give the answer as an integer.__________

---

Definitions:

Total Cost

The total amount of money spent on creating goods or services, encompassing both constant and fluctuating expenses.

Producing

Producing involves the creation, manufacturing, or assembly of goods and services for sale or distribution.

Pairs

Two things considered together because of similarity, opposition, or adjacency; often used in context to describe complementary items or concepts.

Marginal Cost

The outlay for creating another unit of a product or service.