Question

Bacteria grows at an alarming rate of 75% each hour. How many bacteria will there be by the end of the day?

A. 680,634
B. 16,335,198
C. 68,633
D. 680,633

Answer 1

Answer is A
I had the same question in a test so yeah.

Answer 2

Hi.

This is a geometric sequence with the rational of the sequence : 1.75

If you start with 1,

Then U0 = 1

and U24 = 1*1.75^24≈ 680 634