Amy is doing a science experiment on how a certain bacterium reacts to an antibiotic. She has 3 dishes of identical bacterium samples with 13 bacteria in each dish. She gives an antibiotic to all of the bacteria in one dish. All of the treated bacteria died, and the bacteria in the other two dishes survived.

Identify the sample size in the situation above.
13
3
26
39

Question

Amy is doing a science experiment on how a certain bacterium reacts to an antibiotic. She has 3 dishes of identical bacterium samples with 13 bacteria in each dish. She gives an antibiotic to all of the bacteria in one dish. All of the treated bacteria died, and the bacteria in the other two dishes survived.

Identify the sample size in the situation above.
13
3
26
39

anonymous · Answer

@jim_thompson5910  @perl

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

"She has 3 dishes of identical bacterium samples with 13 bacteria in each dish"

how many samples total?

anonymous · Answer

16

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

let's say we had 6 bacteria per dish (and still had 3 dishes)
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