A bacterial colony triples in size each day starting at 100 cells. After how many days will it exceed 8000 cells?
- A
4 days
- B
3 days
- Ccheck_circle
5 days
- D
6 days
Explanation
. , so days (since after 4 days = 8100, on day 5 still over). Wait, let me redo: day 1 = 300, day 2 = 900, day 3 = 2700, day 4 = 8100, day 5 = 24300. Exceeds 8000 first at day 4. Actually on day 4: 8100 > 8000 yes. So 4 days. Let me re-examine: After 4 days = . So answer is 4 days.