A culture of bacteria triples by the end of each hour. If there were initially 40 bacteria in a culture, how many bacteria should there be after 3 hours?

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Melanie · Answer 1 · 2021-01-21T23:28:50+0000

Answer:

There would be 1080 bacteria in the culture.

Explanation:

Initial number of bacteria = 40

Given that

culture of bacteria triples by the end of each hour

Number of bacteria after 1 hour = 40*3 (multiplying initial number of bacteria by 3)

Number of bacteria after 1 hour = 120

number of bacteria after 2 hours = 3*Number of bacteria after 1 hour = 3*120

number of bacteria after 2 hours =360

number of bacteria after 3 hours = 3*Number of bacteria after 2 hour = 3*360 = 1080

Thus,

there would be 1080 bacteria in the culture.