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In a certain culture of bacteria, the rate of increase is proportional to the number present. If it is found that the number doubles in 4 hours, find the number of times the bacteria are increased in 12 hours.
Solution: Let x be the number of bacteria in the culture at time t.
Then the rate of increase of x is `"dx"/"dt"` which is proportional to x.
∴ `"dx"/"dt" ∝ "x"`
∴ `"dx"/"dt"` = kx, where k is a constant
∴ `square`
On integrating, we get
`int "dx"/"x" = "k" int "dt"`
∴ log x = kt + c
Initially, i.e. when t = 0, let x = x0
∴ log x0 = k × 0 + c
∴ c = `square`
∴ log x = kt + log x0
∴ log x - log x0 = kt
∴ `log ("x"/"x"_0)`= kt ......(1)
Since the number doubles in 4 hours, i.e. when t = 4,
x = 2x0
∴ `log ((2"x"_0)/"x"_0)` = 4k
∴ k = `square`
∴ equation (1) becomes, `log ("x"/"x"_0) = "t"/4` log 2
When t = 12, we get
`log ("x"/"x"_0) = 12/4` log 2 = 3 log 2
∴ `log ("x"/"x"_0)` = log 23
∴ `"x"/"x"_0 = 8`
∴ x = `square`
∴ number of bacteria will be 8 times the original number in 12 hours.
Solution
Let x be the number of bacteria in the culture at time t.
Then the rate of increase of x is `"dx"/"dt"` which is proportional to x.
∴ `"dx"/"dt" ∝ "x"`
∴ `"dx"/"dt"` = kx, where k is a constant
∴ `"dx"/"x"` = k dt
On integrating, we get
`int "dx"/"x" = "k" int "dt"`
∴ log x = kt + c
Initially, i.e. when t = 0, let x = x0
∴ log x0 = k × 0 + c
∴ c = log x0
∴ log x = kt + log x0
∴ log x - log x0 = kt
∴ `log ("x"/"x"_0)`= kt .....(1)
Since the number doubles in 4 hours, i.e. when t = 4,
x = 2x0
∴ `log ((2"x"_0)/"x"_0)` = 4k
∴ log 2 = 4k
∴ k = `1/4 log 2`
∴ equation (1) becomes, `log ("x"/"x"_0) = "t"/4` log 2
When t = 12, we get
`log ("x"/"x"_0) = 12/4` log 2 = 3 log 2
∴ `log ("x"/"x"_0)` = log 23
∴ `"x"/"x"_0 = 8`
∴ x = 8x0
∴ number of bacteria will be 8 times the original number in 12 hours.
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