A bacteria culture starts with three cells. Each cell in this culture doubles every hour. After t hours, the number of cells in the culture can be written as 3(2^t) Which of the following statements correctly interprets the meaning of 2^t in this context? A) The factor 2^t is the number of hours
B)The factor 2^t is the initial number of cells.
C)The factor 2^t is the culture after t hours
D)The factor 2^t is the number of cells that each original cell in the culture has produced after t hours

What is the pattern in the values as the exponents increase?

What is the number 321,000,000 in scientific notation? also what is the number? ?

According to the 2008 u.s. census, california had a population of approximately 4 × 10^7 people and florida had a population of approximately 2 × 10^7 people. which of the following is true? a. the population of california was approximately two times the population of florida. b. the population of florida was approximately twenty times the population of california. c. the population of florida was approximately two times the population of california. d. the population of california was approximately twenty times the population of florida.