Question

A population of bacteria begins with 1

bacterium and triples every hour. Which equation can be used to model this situation?

CLEAR CHECK

y=3x

y=3x2


y=x3

y=3x

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The correct equation that can be used to model this situation is y=3x, where y represents the population of bacteria and x represents the number of hours.