A particular strain of bacteria triples in population every 45 minutes Assuming you start with 50 bacteria in a Petri dish how many bacteria will there be in 4.5 hours

The average daily maximum temperature for laura’s hometown can be modeled by the function f(x)=4.5sin(πx/6)+11.8 , where f(x) is the temperature in °c and x is the month. x = 0 corresponds to january.what is the average daily maximum temperature in may? round to the nearest tenth of a degree if needed.use 3.14 for π .