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24 April, 16:01

There are initially 80 bacteria cells in Petri dish. The number of bacteria cells double every 30 minutes. How many bacteria cells will be in the Petri dish after 3 hours?

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  1. 24 April, 16:06
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    After 3 hours we will have 6 doublings.

    2^6 = 64

    Therefore the number of bacteria will be 80 * 64 =

    5,120 bacteria
  2. 24 April, 16:15
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    14,400 bacteria cells in the Petri dish

    Step-by-step explanation:

    3 hours in minutes is 180

    so I multiplied 180 times 80 to get 14,400

    (sorry if this is wrong)
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