Question

Sample Response: The bacteria took more time to double from 1 cell to a bottle full of cells. Once the bottle was full, each cell in the full bottle doubled, causing an additional bottle to be filled in 5 minutes. Then the 2 full bottles doubled in the next 5 minutes, causing all 3 bottles to be full.

What did you include in your response? Check all that apply.

The full bottle doubled after 5 minutes.
The 2 full bottles doubled after 5 minutes.
Exponential growth is a multiplicative rate of change.

Answer 1

At 10:05 a.m., there are 2 microscopic bacteria cells in the bottle. How many cells will be in the bottle at 10:15 a.m.?

Explanation: