SOLUTION: Suppose a particular antibiotic that is introduced to a petri dish containing 3000 newly discovered flesh-eating bacteria makes a third of it die every hour. How many bacteria is l

SOLUTION: Suppose a particular antibiotic that is introduced to a petri dish containing 3000 newly discovered flesh-eating bacteria makes a third of it die every hour. How many bacteria is l

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Question 1147651: Suppose a particular antibiotic that is introduced to a petri dish containing 3000 newly discovered flesh-eating bacteria makes a third of it die every hour. How many bacteria is left after 19 hours?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

(assuming no fraction of a bacterium, nearest whole number)
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