A population of bacteria contains 150 bacteria in generation 1 and triples in population every generation. This sequence represents the number of
bacteria for the first few generations:
150, 450,1350, ...
What is the explicit formula for the number of bacteria in generation n?

bn= 150*3^(n-1)( bn is a quantity of bacteria in generation n)

Step-by-step explanation:

It looks like geometrical sequence, each next generation is three times greater than previous one. So the r of this sequence is 3.

The first generation has 150 representatives, so b1=150

The formula of geometrical sequence is bn=b1*r^(n-1)

(in our case bn is a quantity of bacteria in generation n)

so bn= 150*3^(n-1)( bn is a quantity of bacteria in generation n)

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step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

hello and welcome!

so, when we see the words "proportional" along with a table, we need to know that we're looking numbers that divide by the same thing.

looking at this table, we simply have to do a trial and error, and divide to see which numbers have the same quotient. if you look at choice a & c, they both have equal quotients for three of the numbers, with one exception, so those can't be the answer. looking at b, there is no similarity, so that can't be it. then, we see d; if you divide all the numbers in the table, you'll see that they all divide by two, which is a proportional relationship, and our answer!

also, always remember that the x will always be the number that goes into y, and somewhere behind this table, is a formula. for this specific table, the formula would be:

since our x-value is being divided by two to get the y-value. and if they were to ask for more numbers in the series, this is the formula you would use to find them.