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A medical research lab is growing a virus for a vaccine that grows at a rate of 2.3%2.3\% per hour. If there are 500.0500.0 units of the virus originally, the amount present after t hours is given by N=500.0(1.023)t.N = 500.0(1.023)^{t} . How many units of the virus are present after two days?

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N=500(1.023)tN = 500(1.023)^{t}

Where NN is the number of virus units present, and tt is the time in hours.

To find the number of virus units present after 2 days, substitute t=48t = 48:

N=500(1.023)48N = 500(1.023)^{48}

Using calculator:

N1489 units\boxed{\color{#c34632}{N \approx 1489 \text{ units}}}

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