Solve the Problem. -A Bacterial Culture Has an Initial Population of 10,000. If

question 182

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-A bacterial culture has an initial population of 10,000. If its population declines to 6000 in 8 hours, what will it be at the end of 10 hours? Assume that the population decreases according to the exponential model.

• A)2000
• B)5281
• C)5061
• D)2641

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