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a bacteria culture stars with 2 million bacteria and the population triples every 30 minutes. find the number of bacteria after 90 minutes.

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Answer:

54 million

Explanation:

You want the population after 90 minutes if it starts at 2 million and triples every 30 minutes.

Triples

After 30 minutes, the population is ...

3 × 2 million = 6 million

After another 30 minutes (60 minutes, total), the population is ...

3 × 6 million = 18 million

After a total of 90 minutes, the population has tripled again to ...

3 × 18 million = 54 million

The number after 90 minutes is about 54 million.

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