SOLUTION: The population of a bacteria colony triples every 4 hours. If the population now is 100, what expression would give me the population of the colony in the future? What is the popul

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Question 1189510: The population of a bacteria colony triples every 4 hours. If the population now is 100, what expression would give me the population of the colony in the future? What is the population of the colony tomorrow at this time?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y, population
x, time
100, initial population
"triples every 4 hours"

y=100%2A3%5E%28x%2F4%29


Tomorrow at this time would be 6 of the tripling periods.
y=100%2A3%5E6