The current population of a certain bacteria is 2612 organism. It is believed that bacteria's population is tripling every 11 minutes. Approximate the population of the bacteria 5 minutes from now.

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Keegan

15 May, 23:03

The current population of a certain bacteria is 2612 organism. It is believed that bacteria's population is tripling every 11 minutes. Approximate the population of the bacteria 5 minutes from now.

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Yael · Answer 1

The population of bacteria would be approximately 3561 5 minute from now

Step-by-step explanation:

We use a rule of three to find the rate of growth at 5 minutes:

11/3 = 5/x

It reads - if every 11 minutes we have a population 3 times bigger then every 5 minutes we have a population x times bigger. Doing the rule of three:

x = (5*3) / 11 = 15/11=1.36 approximately

So the population at 5 minutes from now would 1,36 times bigger or

Population = 15/11 * 2612 = 1.36 * 2612 = 3561.8 or 3561