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  • 08-04-2018
  • Mathematics
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bacteria colonies can triple in size every 4 days. If you start with 150 bacteria microorganisms, how large with the colony be after 16 days?

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wolf1728
wolf1728 wolf1728
  • 08-04-2018
It triples in size every 4 days.  In 16 days it will be 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 times bigger.

3 * 3 * 3 * 3 = 81
Therefore, after 16 days, the colony will contain (81 * 150) or 12,150 microorganisms.


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