ASAP due really soon a scientist is testing a new antibiotic on some bacteria she discovers the the antibiotic kills half of the Bactria every hour if she starts with 42000 bacteria what equation can be used to predict the number of bacteria after x hours
a). y= 42000(2)^x
b). y=42000(1/2)^x
c). y=42000(1.5)^x
d). y=(42000/2)^x

A bacteria culture starts with 500 bacteria and doubles in size every half hour.1

(a) How many bacteria are there after 3 hours?

We are told “. . . doubles in size every half hour.” Let’s make a table of the time and population:

t 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

bacteria 500 1000 2000 4000 8000 16000 32000

Thus, after three hours, the population of bacteria is 32,000.

(b) How many bacteria are there after t hours?

In t hours, there are 2t doubling periods. (For example, after 4 hours, the population has doubled 8

times.) The initial value is 500, so the population P at time t is given by

P(t) = 500 · 2

2t

the answer is 13 cm

one peck is 9.309 quarts

9.309x 2