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A certain bacteria triples in a Petri dish every hour. Which formula should be used to determine the bacteria after x hours assuming uninhibited growth and there was initially 500 colonies.

a
500\ \left(1.03\right)^x

b
500\ \left(3\right)^x

c
500\ \left(2\right)^x

d
500\ \left(1.02\right)^x

User EBDOKUM
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Answer:

500(3)^x

Explanation:

Got it right on edge

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