503,260 views
13 votes
13 votes
Type the correct answer in the box. Round your answer to the nearest hour. A scientist running an experiment starts with 100 bacteria cells. These bacteria double their population every 15 hours. Find how long it takes for the bacteria cells to increase to 300. Use the formula , where is the original number of bacteria cells, is the number after t hours, and d is the time taken to double the number. It takes 15 hours for the number of bacteria to increase to 300.

User Amaury Hanser
by
2.6k points

2 Answers

13 votes
13 votes

Answer:

22 hours and 30 minutes

Explanation:

User Nelle
by
3.0k points
23 votes
23 votes

Answer:

so 15 hour for the 100 to become 200 and then it will become 400 in another 15 hours. but we need to find the time for 300 so it will take half of 15 hours

+ 15 hours for it to become 300 cells which is: 7 1/2 + 15 = 22 hours and 30 minutes

Explanation:

answer from gauth math

User Nitesh Goyal
by
3.4k points