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As a junior technician at a local public health agency, one of your duties is to onboard a new seasonal intern. The intern needs to understand how to use the continuous exponential growth model to predict bacterial contamination levels in local water supplies. Write an essay that outlines the step-by-step procedure for evaluating this formula to determine a future bacterial population. Your essay must define each variable in the formula (, , , and ) and detail the exact mathematical sequence of steps required to calculate the final population size from a given set of initial data, concluding with how to format the final answer.
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