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A culture of bacteria has 20 cells in it. The number of cells doubles every 30 minutes. Write the first 5 terms of this sequence and explain where this sequence is arithmetic or geometric and justify your answer.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A culture of bacteria has 20 cells in it. The number of cells doubles every 30 minutes. Write the first 5 terms of this sequence and explain where this sequence is arithmetic or geometric and justify your answer.
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20,40,80,160,320,...
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Geometric with a = 20 and r = 2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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