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5.3.1 Creating a Pictorial Representation of Exponential Growth

Algebra 15.3.1 Creating a Pictorial Representation of Exponential Growth
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Bacteria viewed through a microscope.

There are some bacteria in a dish. Every hour, each bacterium splits into 3 bacteria.

1.

This diagram shows a bacterium in hour 0 and then hour 1. Draw what happens in hours 2 and 3.

The picture shows 1 bacterium (an irregular polygon with a double outline and light blue inside) for hour 0, then an arrow to the right, then 3 bacteria for hour 1.

2.

How many bacteria are there in hour 2?

3.

How many bacteria are there in hour 3?

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