Acolony of bacteria starts with 2 bacteria at noon if the number of bacteria triples every 30 minutes, how many bacteria will be present at 3: 00 pm on the same day?

a 446
b 729
c 1,458
d 46,656
e 118,098

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If the colony is tripling every 30mins, that simply means is "increasing at a rate of 200%", so, whatever the current is, plus 200% of that, which makes it 300% or a tripling rate

now, from noon to 3pm, there are 6 half-hours, so it has gone through that cycle 6 times already, or 6 periods

Which of the following values are in the range is the function graphed below? check all that applya.3b.1c.0d.-2e.5f.2a