A bacteria culture is grown with a population of 15 million cells and kept under observation. The bell population is found to double every hour. How can we use geometric sequences and series to find the

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Answer:

Population after 6 hours is 2.44 *10^12

Explanation:

The geometric population growth formula is

Substituting the given values in above equation we get

Population after 6 hours is 2.44 *10^12

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