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A culture of 100,000 bacteria triples every hour. How many bacteria were there 3 hours ago? (easy steps please)​
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A culture of 100,000 bacteria triples every hour. How many bacteria were there 3 hours ago? (easy steps please)​

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If it multiplies by 3 each hour, you would divide by three if you are looking for the first term. It is Geometric Sequence.

Explanation:

100,000/3=33333.3333333 (1/3)

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