Question

A bacteria culture begins with 13 bacteria which triple in amount at the end of every hour. How many bacteria exist in the culture at the end of the 12th hour

Answer 1

the growth function will look like this
\[P(t) = 13*3^{t}\]
evaluate when t=12

Answer 2

my answer is 6908733...the possible answer choices are A) 61,440
B) 782,580
C) 7,971,615
D) 23,914,845

Answer 3

i agree with 6,908,733
not sure why its not one of the choices

Answer 4

is there any other additional parts left out of the question maybe

Answer 5

no thats the whole question...

Answer 6

ohh my bad its suppose to be 15 instead of 13....

Answer 7

haha

Answer 8

so the answer is c thanksss lol that was definitely my mistake srry