Homework Help: Applied Calculus......

Posted by Jacob on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 8:48pm.

Under a set of controlled laboratory conditions, the size of the population of a certain bacteria culture at time t (in minutes) is described by the following function.

P=f(t)=3t^2+2t+1

Find the rate of population growth at t = 9 min.

Applied Calculus...... - Steve, Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 11:49pm
f'(t) = 6t+2, so
f'(9) = ?

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