Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been studying the decay pattern of a new virus with a decay rate of 19% per hour. They start with 300 viruses that they want to check on in the next 7 hours. How many viruses will they find in 7 hours? Round your answer to the nearest whole number

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Zoey Greene

8 April, 04:12

Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been studying the decay pattern of a new virus with a decay rate of 19% per hour. They start with 300 viruses that they want to check on in the next 7 hours. How many viruses will they find in 7 hours? Round your answer to the nearest whole number

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Lilah Campos · Answer 1

After 7 hours will be 1.95489493x10^12 viruses

Step-by-step explanation:

If the virus spread with 19% per hour after one hour it will increase 57 and continue in the 300 + ((300*0.19) ^7) form, we just need to caculate the form