Suppose a particular antibiotic that is introduced to a petri dish containing 3000 newly discovered flesh-eating bacteria makes a third of it die every hour. When will the number of bacteria be 149? A 4.5 hours 6 hours c) 5 hours
Suppose a particular antibiotic that is introduced to a petri dish containing 3000 newly discovered flesh-eating bacteria makes a third of it die every hour. When will the number of bacteria be 149? A 4.5 hours 6 hours c) 5 hours
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![Suppose a particular antibiotic that is introduced to a petri dish containing 3000 newly discovered flesh-eating
bacteria makes a third of it die every hour. When will the number of bacteria be 149?
A) 4.5 hours
B) 6 hours
5 hours
8 hours](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe1dabe65-9801-4081-a10b-f171c7415049%2Ff990eab7-eeca-48b6-bfe0-b29cf137f048%2Fp83cmv8_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose a particular antibiotic that is introduced to a petri dish containing 3000 newly discovered flesh-eating
bacteria makes a third of it die every hour. When will the number of bacteria be 149?
A) 4.5 hours
B) 6 hours
5 hours
8 hours
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