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Skill check: Applications to other fields and related rates

A bacteria culture starts with 24002400 bacteria and its population growth is modeled by
P(t)=2400e0.03t\qquad \large{P(t)=2400e^{0.03t}}
where PP is the number of bacteria and tt is time in minutes.
What is a formula for the rate of change of the bacteria population in terms of tt?
To the nearest whole number, what is the rate of change in the population of the bacteria when t=10t=10 minutes?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 66
  • an exact decimal, like 0.750.75
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/53/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/47/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/41\ 3/4
bacteriaminute\,\frac{\text{bacteria}}{\text{minute}}