Question

A colony of Fruit Flies triples every 30 minutes. If there are 19 683 Fruit Flies now, how many were present 2 hours ago?

Answer 1

sos

Answer 2

What do you think we need to do here?

Answer 3

This question requires some sort of time travel. We have to go back in time to solve.

Answer 4

i just need the answer pls

Answer 5

We're not some answer machines. Our purpose is to guide a user, so that they arrive to the answer themselves.

Answer 6

How many times has it tripled since 2 hours ago?

Answer 7

omg

Answer 8

\[19683 \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^4=243 \]