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 10th hour?

Answer 1

At the end of the first hour.
\[
13(3)
\]

Answer 2

At the end of the second hour
\[
13(3)(3)= 13 (13)^2
\]

Answer 3

\[
13 (3)^{10}
\]
at the end of the tenth hour.

Answer 4

Thank you (: That was a lot of help and it made a lot of sense :D

Answer 5

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