Question

Bacteria in a dirty glass triple 4 hours. If there are 25 bacteria to start, how many in the glass

after 1 day?

Answer 1

Explanation:

It is not possible to accurately determine the number of bacteria in the glass after 4 hours without additional information such as the rate of bacterial growth, the environmental conditions, and whether any bacteria were removed or added during that time.

Answer 2

If the number of bacteria triples every 4 hours, then after 1 day (24 hours), the number of bacteria will triple 6 times.

Tripling a number 6 times is the same as multiplying it by 3 raised to the power of 6, or 3^6.

So, if there are 25 bacteria to start, the number of bacteria after 1 day will be:

25 x 3^6 = 25 x 729 = 18,225 bacteria.