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A bacteria culture doubles every hour. If there are 15000 bacteria now, how many bacteria were there 6 hours ago? Use an exponential equation and answer to nearest bacterium
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A bacteria culture doubles every hour. If there are 15000 bacteria now, how many bacteria were there 6 hours ago? Use an exponential equation and answer to nearest bacterium

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23.4375 or 24.0 is the bacteria count after 6 hours.
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