SOLUTION: A culture of bacteria triples every 8 hours. if there are 100 bacteria now, and 2700 bacteria after 24 hours, find the bacteria population 2 hours earlier
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Question 1188720: A culture of bacteria triples every 8 hours. if there are 100 bacteria now, and 2700 bacteria after 24 hours, find the bacteria population 2 hours earlier
Answer by Solver92311(821) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
\ =\ 100\cdot\3^{x/8})
Where 
represents "now".
Then evaluate either )
or )
depending on whether you mean "2 hours earlier than now" or "2 hours earlier than 24 hours after now"
John
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