Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 96

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
A biologist finds that the population of a certain type of bacteria doubles each half-hour. An initial culture has 90 bacteria.
-What is the population after 5 hours?

• A) 100
• B) 200
• C) 640
• D) 20,480

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The likelihood distribution of a statistical measure derived from numerous samples taken from a particular population.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the degree of spread or variability within a dataset, showing the extent to which the values deviate from the average.

Sample Mean

The average value calculated from a sample subset of a population, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Freshmen

Freshmen at a secondary school, higher education institution, or university.