Question

Natasha is observing the growth of a population of bacteria. She started out with 250 bacteria cells. The population of bacteria quadruples every hour.
Use x to represent the number of hours and y to represent the population of the bacteria.
Write an equation to represent the situation.

Answer 1

 I think it is y=250(4^x)

Answer 2

Y = 250 × 4x ... I think, I might be wrong.