= 4 8

= 74 0.05

= 400 1.5

= 26 0.01
 The number of bacteria (N)
in a colony after t minutes is
given by = 10000 0.05 .
16487 Find the number of bacteria
after ten minutes.

The mass M of a radioactive

substance is initially 10
grams and 20 years later its
mass is 9.6 grams. It
decreases in size according
347
to the equation:

= 10 0.02

In how many years will the

mass be halved?

The number N of bacteria in

a colony grows according to
16000 the law:

=

If the original number
increases from 4000 to 8000
in four days, find the number
after another four days.
 A population of size N is
decreasing according to the
law:

=
693 1000
Where t denotes the time in
days. If initially the
population is of size 5000,
find to the nearest day how
long it takes for the size to be
halved.