The answer to this question is 29
Step-by-step explanation:
Let X = the number of days.
For growth rate,
y = X° × rate of growth, k
Where,
X° = initial amount of bacteria
k = rate of growth per day
Colby = 50 bacteria
kc = 2^(24/2 × X)
y = 50 × 2^(12X)
Jaquan = 80 bacteria
kj = 2^(24/3 × X)
y = 80 × 2^(8X)
That would be <u><em>1/6</em></u>. To find this, first, move the decimal two places to the right, and put that number over 100:
<u />16.666.../100
This fraction can then be simplified by dividing both sides by 16.666... to get 1/6.
In reality, the fraction 1/6 simply cannot be expressed as a decimal, but many people just put 0.1666666... because it is a pretty good approximation.
Hope this helps!
~<em>ArchimedesEleven</em>