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Juan starts a bacteria culture and records the number of bacteria in the Petri dish for the first couple of hours. Hours 0 , 1 , 3 Bacteria 160 , 320 , 640 If the pattern contin…

Juan starts a bacteria culture and records the number of bacteria in the Petri dish for the first couple of hours. Hours 0 , 1 , 3 Bacteria 160 , 320 , 640 If the pattern contin…
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Juan starts a bacteria culture and records the number of bacteria in the Petri dish for the first couple of hours.

Hours 0 , 1 , 3
Bacteria 160 , 320 , 640

If the pattern continues, how many bacteria can he expect to find after 17 h?

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The answer above me is incorrect, I've done the quiz myself and the answer was actually 20,971,520

User Paige
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Take 160 and multiply by 17. Then add an extra 160, since it starts with that

Answer:2880
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