One kind of bacteria in a laboratory culture triples every 30 minutes. Suppose the culture is started with 20 bacteria cells. How many bacteria will there be after two hours?

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Nambrot · Answer 1 · 2022-10-22T23:09:19+0000

Answer:

2 hours = 4 * 30 minutes

30 * 3 = 90

90 * 3 = 270

270 * 3 = 810

810 * 3 = 2430

So after 2 hours you will have 2430 bacteria cells.

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