Well, you would have to multiply 8 by whatever factorial of 3, in this case 4 for the number of weeks
The equation is 8 x 3^4 which equals 648
My only thing is that they only triple in SIZE, and not multiply (as in make more of themselves) so technically speaking, there would still be 8 bacteria, just much bigger
You would foil (x+1)(x+11)
x^2 + 12x + 11
15 years since the Parthenon had begun