Math Challenge?

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If you don't brush your teeth regularly, it won't take long for large colonies of bacteria to grow in your mouth. Suppose that a single bacterium lands on one of your teeth and starts reproducing by a factor of 4 every hour.

Write an equation that describes the number of bacteria, b, in the new colony after n hours.

2007-03-18 11:04:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia

3 answers

b=4^n

2007-03-18 16:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by a 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋

X = 4b^n

2007-03-18 18:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by St N 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

b=4n

2007-03-18 20:05:46 · answer #3 · answered by Mac 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋