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OpenStax, Contemporary Mathematics §3.11 Geometric Sequences · Example 5 · Algebra · Sequences & series

Geometric Sequences · Example 5

When Escherichia coli (E. coli) is in a broth culture at 37°C, the population of E. coli doubles in number with 30 organisms, how many E. coli bacteria are present in the culture after 16 hours?

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OpenStax, Contemporary Mathematics · §3.11 Geometric Sequences · Example 5

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