Solve the problem.The population size of a culture of bacteria triples every day such that its size is modeled by the sequence
where n is the number of the day just beginning. Find the size of the culture at the beginning of the third day and the size of the culture originally.
A. 90 bacteria; 10 bacteria originally
B. 90 bacteria; 3 bacteria originally
C. 270 bacteria; 30 bacteria originally
D. 270 bacteria; 10 bacteria originally
Answer: A
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A. (-3, 0) B. (0, 3) C. (3, 0) D. (0, -3)
Solve the equation.2(8 - 2x) = 4
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