Rebecca M.

asked • 06/14/17

Exponential Bacteria Problem

One kind of bacterium in a laboratory culture triples in number every 30 minutes. Suppose a culture is started with 30 bacteria cells. After how many minutes will there be more than 20,000 bacteria?

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Arturo O. answered • 06/14/17

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