SOLUTION: A culture of bacteria has 20 cells in it the number of cells doubles every 30 minutes.
A)use the geometric general term formula to find the number of cells after 8 hours
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A)use the geometric general term formula to find the number of cells after 8 hours
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Question 1022656: A culture of bacteria has 20 cells in it the number of cells doubles every 30 minutes.
A)use the geometric general term formula to find the number of cells after 8 hours 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.
A)use the geometric general term formula to find the number of cells after 8 hours
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n = ab^x
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n = 20*(2)^(h/(1/2))
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n = 20*2^(8/(1/2))
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n = 20*2^(16)
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n = 20*2^16 cells = 1310720 cells
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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