The number of bacteria in a certain culture doubles every 3 hours. If there are N bacteria to start with, find the number in 24 hours. ?

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Hriman
Jul 19, 2018

After 24 hours, there will be 256N bacteria

Explanation:

a= N(2)^(t/3)

Let t represent time in hours, and a represent total bacteria culture at a given time

a= N(2)^(24/3)

a=N(2)^8

a= 256N

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