A culture of bacteria triples every hour. If the colony contained 50 bacteria at noon, how many bacteria will the culture contain at 5:00pm?

12,150

Step-by-step explanation:

50 times 3 is 150.

150 times 3 is 450.

Continue doing this until you've done it five times.

x= -3

step-by-step explanation:

step 1: simplify brackets

4 - x - 1 = 6

step 2: simpilfy

3 - x = 6

step 3: subtract 3 from both sides

-x = 6 - 3

step 4: simpilfy 6 - 3

-x = 3

step 5: multiply both sides by -1

x = -3

42.4

step-by-step explanation:

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