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. 540 bacteria; 20 bacteria originally
B. 540 bacteria; 60 bacteria originally
C. 1620 bacteria; 180 bacteria originally
D. 1620 bacteria; 60 bacteria originally


Answer: B

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