The count of bacteria in a culture grows by 10% in the first hour, decreases by 8% in the second hour and again increases by 12% in the third hour. If the count of bacteria in the sample is 13125000, what will be the count of bacteria after 3 hours?

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

Given,

Count of bacteria in sample = 13125000

According to increase and decrease of growth rates,

Let count of bacteria after 3 hours = X

So,

=

Hence,

Count of bacteria after 3 hours will be = 14876400