<h3><u>The value of x is equal to 1.</u></h3><h3><u>6(x + 2) = 20x - 2</u></h3>
<em><u>Distributive property.</u></em>
6x + 12 = 20x - 2
<em><u>Add 2 to both sides.</u></em>
6x + 14 = 20x
<em><u>Subtract 16x from both sides.</u></em>
14 = 14x
<em><u>Divide both sides by x.</u></em>
x = 1
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Hello!</h2>
The answer is: 23.77 hours
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Why?</h2>

Where:
Total(t) is equal to the amount for a determined time (in hours)
<em>Start</em> is the original amount
<em>t </em>is the time in hours.
For example, it's known from the statement that the bacteria double their population every 15 hours, so it can be written like this:

To calculate how long it takes for the bacteria cells to increase to 300, we should do the following calculation:

So, to know if we are right, let's replace 23.77 h in the equation:
Total(t)=100*2^\frac{23.77}{15}=299.94
and 299.94≅300
Have a nice day!
Answer:
The answer is x_> 3
Step-by-step explanation: