SAT Nonlinear functions Question
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Question 1 · Easy · MathNovember 2024 Batch 1 · Q19Nonlinear functions · 0 solved
The number of bacteria in a liquid medium doubles every hour. There are 66,000 bacteria in the liquid medium at the start of an observation. Which expression represents the number of bacteria, y, in the liquid medium t hours after the start of the observation?
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SAT exponential growth and decay: the base is 1 + r, not r — A 3% annual increase is a base of 1.03, not 0.03. Getting the base wrong is the single most common error on SAT exponential-model questions.