Task 1 - Bacteria Population Growth
Bacteria are the most common example of exponential growth. In this task, you will choose an hourly growth rate between 2 and 10 for some bacteria.
You will start with 1 bacteria and then calculate the total population after certain amounts of time.
Question 1
Select a number between 2 and 10 to represent the hourly growth rate of a certain bacteria.
For example, selecting the number 8 would mean that the amount of bacteria will be 8 times greater after every hour
(1 point)
My bacteria will increase times every hour.
Question 2
Suppose you start with one single bacterium. Make a table of values showing the number of bacteria that will be present after each hour for the first six hours using the hourly growth rate that you selected. Then determine how many bacteria will be present once 24 hours have passed.(6 points)
hours population
0 1
1 88
2
3
4
5
6
hours population
0 1
1 8
2 64
3 512
4 4096
5 32,768
6 262,144
After 24 hours, the population of bacteria will be 16,777,216.