Abiologist determined that the quantity of bacteria in a petri dish decreases by half every day of the study. if there were 8 grams of bacteria at the beginning of the study, predict how many grams will be left after 3.5 days. round to the nearest hundredth.

The problem asked is how many grams of bacteria will there be if every quantity of bacteria decreases half daily.
Given;Bacteria = 8 gramsdays = 3.5x= bacteria left after 3.5
=around 2.5 to 3 grams
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