A lab is growing bacteria in a culture dish. The amount of bacteria in the dish doubles every 3 hours. Initially, there are 500 bacteria in the dish. How many are in the dish after 9 hours?
1 Answer
Sep 13, 2016
Explanation:
I = initial amount
n = time passed
T = period of doubling
2 = an abstract number. It could be 3 if it's tripling
Plug in the numbers:
