a culture initially contains 200 bacteria . if the number of bacteria doubles every 2 hours , how many bacteria will be in the culture at the end of 12 hours ?

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anonymous · Answer

my calculation says 25,949

can someone pls confirms this.....

anonymous · Answer

It is exponential growth.

First, how many division : 12/2 = 6
Second, how many bacteia from start : 200
Then 200*2⁶  = 12800

anonymous · Answer

correct william i made a mistake, u r right....

anonymous · Answer

General formula : $$x(t)=a\times b^{t/\tau}$$

Giving bacteria quantity x at time t, with a divition in b bacteria each tau hour.

anonymous · Answer

@sierra14
pls use william's answer, his answer is right

anonymous · Answer

thank you guys

anonymous · Answer

pls give the medal to william as he got the right answer   :))

anonymous · Answer

i gave it to both of you