A culture contains 25,000 bacteria, with the population increasing exponentially. The culture contains 40,000 bacteria after 10 hours.(a) Write a function in the form y = y0ekt giving the number of bacteria after t hours.(b) Write the function from part (a) in the form y = y0at.(c) How long will it be until there are 60,000 bacteria?

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A culture contains 25,000 bacteria, with the population increasing exponentially. The culture contains 40,000 bacteria after 10 hours.
(a) Write a function in the form y = y0ekt giving the number of bacteria after t hours.
(b) Write the function from part (a) in the form y = y0at.
(c) How long will it be until there are 60,000 bacteria?

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