WORTH 60 points A lab is studying the growth of bacteria population. The growth of the
bacteria population is modeled by P(x) = 2, "3", where x is the time in minutes
since the experiment began.
Part A: According to the given function, what is happening to the bacteria
each minute?
a. The population is tripling each minute.
b. The population is decreasing by a factor of each minute.
c. The population is doubling each minute.
d. The population is decreasing by a factor of each minute.
Part B: if jacks plate contains 486 pieces of bacteria after 5 minutes, what was the population of bacteria when the experiment began?
a.2
b.3
c.4
d.5