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A culture started with 3,000 bacteria. After 6 hours, it grew to 3,600 bacteria. Predict how many bacteria will be present in 13 hours. round your answer to the nearest whole number... exponential growth
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A culture started with 3,000 bacteria. After 6 hours, it grew to 3,600 bacteria. Predict how many bacteria will be present in 13 hours. round your answer to the nearest whole number... exponential growth formula

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3600 = 3000x^6

x^6 = 1.2
x= 1.0309

after 13 hours we have 3000*1/0309^13 = 4456 to nearest whole number
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