A Petri dish is growing bacteria. It starts with 3 cells on day 1, 9 cells on day 2, and continues tripling the number of cells every day after that. How many cells of bacteria are there on day 5?

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A Petri dish is growing bacteria. It starts with 3 cells on day 1, 9 cells on day 2, and continues tripling the number of cells every day after that. How many cells of bacteria are there on day 5?

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3^5

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