SOLUTION: a certain species of bacteria triples itself every day. when one of these bacteria is placed in a plastic vessel, in 4 days the plastic vessel becomes exactly full. if 3 of these b

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Question 1126324: a certain species of bacteria triples itself every day. when one of these bacteria is placed in a plastic vessel, in 4 days the plastic vessel becomes exactly full. if 3 of these bacteria are placed in the plastic vessel, in how many days will the plastic vessel be full?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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+%281%2A3%29%5E4+=+81+ bacterial is a full jar
+%283%2A3%29%5En+=+81+
+n%2Alog%289%29+=+log%2881%29+
+.95428n+=+1.9085+
+n+=+1.9999+
in 2 days the vessel will be full
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