Question

Dr. Jimenez found that after applying an antibiotic to bacteria, he observed only 90% of the bacteria left in the culture dish each hour. If the initial bacteria count was 100, what was the bacteria count after 5 hours? Round to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

bacteria left in 1st hour=100*0.9¹=90
2st hour=100*0.9*0.9=100*0.9²
....
after 5 hours=100*0.9^5

Answer 2

Answer:Dr. Jimenez found that after applying an antibiotic to bacteria, he observed only 90% of the bacteria left in the culture dish each hour. If the initial bacteria count was 100, what was the bacteria count after 5 hours? Round to the nearest whole number.

There were ⇒ 59 bacteria after 5 hours.

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