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The number of bacteria in a petri dish is 524 and growing at a rate of 7% every month.

How bacteria will there be in 7 months?

Round to the nearest whole number.

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Answer:

841

Explanation:


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To determine the number of bacteria present in the petri dish after 7 months, we multiply the original number (population) by the growth rate raised to the number of months.
total number of bacteria = (524)(1.07^7)
The answer to the equation above is 841.43. Rounding off our answer to the nearest whole number, the answer would be 841.
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