Homework Help: math

Posted by mary on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 11:43am.

The amount of bacteria after n min if the initial amount of bacteria is q and the amount of bacteria triples every 30 sec. (Hint: The answer should contain q as well as n.)

math - Steve, Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 12:49pm
population doubles twice every minute. After n minutes,

a = q*3^(2n)

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