Given 4(3x-8)=52 prove x=7
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4(3x-8)=52

divide both sides by 4

4/4(3x-8)=52/4

3x-8=13

add both sides by 8

3x-8+8=13+8

3x=21

divide both sides by 3

3x/3=21/3

x=7

Step-by-step explanation:

just answered it previously =)

4(3x-8)=52

12x-32=52

12x=52+32

12x=84

X=84/12

X= 7

Step-by-step explanation:

linearly: 8560 bacteria

exponentially: approximately 75233 bacteria

step-by-step explanation:

assuming it is not exponential (we would have some really complicated logarithms), let's say it is linear. then, after 5 hours, it increased by 1200 bacteria, so every hour it increases by 240 bacteria. this means that after 19 hours, we get 19 * 240 + 4000 bacteria or 3800 + 760 + 4000 = 7800 + 760 = 8560 bacteria.

because it says round your answer, i will do this exponentially (with a calculator, of course). first, we need to find how much it multiplies by every hour, by taking the 5th root of 52/40 or 13/10. this is approximately 0.167. we still need to add 1 to this, because we are multiplying by that number, not adding that amount of the number. now, we just calculate 4000 * (1.167)^19. use a calculator to get approximately 75232.6, or 75233.