SOLUTION: if you had 10 bacteria on a petrie plate and they doubled every 15 minutes, how many bacteria would you have after 3 hours? this is similar to another problem I submitted. I'm not

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Question 114346: if you had 10 bacteria on a petrie plate and they doubled every 15 minutes, how many bacteria would you have after 3 hours? this is similar to another problem I submitted. I'm not sure what kind of problem it is. thanks so much
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if you had 10 bacteria on a petrie plate and they doubled every 15 minutes, how many bacteria would you have after 3 hours?
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A(t) = Ao*2(t/0.25) where t is in hours
A(3) = 10*2^(3/0.12)
A(3) = 10*2^(12)
A(3) = 40960 bacteria
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Cheers,
Stan H.