A scientist has 3^15 cells in a container. She expects the number of cells to triple in on day. How many cells will the scientist have after one day? Show your work or explain y…

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Thorsten Karrer · Answer 1 · 2022-09-07T22:37:53+0000

Answer:

3^16 cells

Explanation:

The scientist has 3^15 cells. If we triple the number of cells, we multiply this amount by 3

3 * 3^15 = 3^1 * 3^15

Remember your laws of exponents: we add the exponents here.

3^(1+15) = 3^16