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18 January, 13:56

A population culture begins with 15 strands of bacteria and then doubles every 4 hours. This can be modeled as 15 (2) t/4, where t is time in hours. How many strands of bacteria are present at 12 hours?

Answer is:

A. 200 strands of bacteria

B. 400 strands of bacteria

C. 252 strands of bacteria

D. 120 strands of bacteria

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  1. 18 January, 15:25
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    The answer is 120!
  2. 18 January, 16:02
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    It should be 120 because it's doubles 3 times

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Since every 4 hours it doubles and 4 times 3 is 12 you double the strand 3 times giving you 120
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