General question about growth function?

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Dec 9, 2008

[RESOLVED]General question about growth function?

P=P₀e^kt

I'm given that a population doubles in number in 4 hours. Does that mean the k in the function equals 0.5 per hour or should I find k from 2=e^4*k ?

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Dec 9, 2008

I think you should use the latter.

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