SOLUTION: A bacteria has a doubling period of 4 days. If there are 2700 bacteria present now, how many will there be in 36 days? First we must find the daily growth rate (Round this to f

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Question 1040381: A bacteria has a doubling period of 4 days. If there are 2700 bacteria present now, how many will there be in 36 days?
First we must find the daily growth rate (Round this to four decimal places).
The growth rate is 0.189207.
Then we use this rate to answer the question.
There will be __________ bacteria
***I found the growth rate just need help with the second part***

Answer by ikleyn(52786) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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36%2F4 = 9.

The answer is 2700%2A2%5E9.

Try to understand why.