The scaled copy (DEF) is 1.5x larger than the original copy (ABC).
DE (6) is 1.5x larger than AB (4). This is the segment which corresponds to segment AB.
Answer: DE
Answer:
That is a 25% change.
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
Your answer will be x=11/2
Step-by-step explanation:
What you want to do first is
Subtract 1 from both sides
2x+1-1=12-1
Simplify
2x=11
Divide both sides by 2

Simplify

Let

represent the number of bacteria after

hours.
so

is the number of bacteria after 0/2 = 0 hours

is the number of bacteria after 1/2 hours

is the number of bacteria after 2/2 = 1 hours and so on
so if we list a few terms of this sequence, we have:





so clearly,

, the number of bacteria after

hours, is equal to

.

is the number of bacteria after

hours.
Thus, we calculate

, which is

.
Answer: the number of bacteria after 24 hours is

.