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(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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p=3000%282%2F3%29%5Ex

p=3000%282%2F3%29%5E19
p=1.353

p=highlight%281%29



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