Question

After a few hours, a colony of bacteria that doubles every hour has 8000 bacteria. After n more hours, there will be T more bacteria as given by the equation

T = 8000(2)". Find the number of bacteria that will be present in 4 hours?

Answer 1

T= 16000(2)

=36 000

T=36 000(2)

=72 000 in 4 hours