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

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dumbcow · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

dumbcow · Answer

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

dumbcow · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

no thats the whole question...

anonymous · Answer

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

dumbcow · Answer

haha

anonymous · Answer

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