function vecAmount = simulateBacteriaAmount(vecTime,initAmount)

% Find the number of elements in vecTime 
lengthTime = length(vecTime);

% Initialise the vector vecAmount
vecAmount = zeros(lengthTime,1); 

% Amount at vecTime(1)
vecAmount(1) = initAmount;

% Iteration to find the amount at other time instances  
for ii = 2:lengthTime
    vecAmount(ii) = vecAmount(ii-1) + (vecTime(ii)-vecTime(ii-1)) * rate(vecTime(ii-1));
end