Reference no: EM133703611

Bacterial growth is a fundamental concept in microbiology. Write a Python program named GrowthRate.py that simulates the growth of bacteria over time using a simple exponential growth model. The program will prompt the user to enter the initial number of bacteria and the growth rate. The program will then simulate the growth and display the population of bacteria at each time step until it reaches a specified maximum population.

Here's what your program should do:
1. Prompt the user to enter the initial number of bacteria.
2. Prompt the user to enter the growth rate as a percentage (e.g., 50 for 50% growth rate) per hour.
3. Prompt the user to enter the maximum population of bacteria.
4. Implement a while loop that simulates the growth of bacteria:
o Inside the loop, calculate the new population using the formula: population = population +
(growth_rate / 100) * population.
o Display the current population of bacteria in whole numbers.
o Check if the population exceeds the maximum population. If so, exit the loop.
5. Display a message indicating the final population reached and how many hours it took.
Here's an example of how the program should work:
Enter the initial number of bacteria: 100
Enter the growth rate (in percentage per hour): 25
Enter the maximum population: 1000
Population at hour 0 : 100
Population at hour 1 : 125
Population at hour 2 : 156

Population at hour 3 : 195
Population at hour 4 : 244
Population at hour 5 : 305
Population at hour 6 : 381
Population at hour 7 : 476
Population at hour 8 : 596
Population at hour 9 : 745
Population at hour 10 : 931
The final population reached is 1164 bacteria.
It took 11 hours for the population to reach the maximum.