SOLUTION: The bacteria in a certain culture double every 7.9 hours. The culture has 2,000 bacteria at the start. How many bacteria will the culture contain after 4 hours?
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Question 883433: The bacteria in a certain culture double every 7.9 hours. The culture has 2,000 bacteria at the start. How many bacteria will the culture contain after 4 hours?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of bacteria after
hrs
The formula is:
In 4 hrs there will be 2841 bacteria
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