Aculture started with 6000 bacteria after 6 hours it grew to 7200 bacteria predict how many bacteria will be present after 17 hours

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In order to solve this, we'll have to find how many additional bacteria the culture gains per hour. We can do this with some simple math:

7200 – 6000 = 1200

1200 ÷ 6 = 200

The culture gains 200 more bacteria per hour. Now, just multiply that by 17 hours and add that to the initial amount in the culture. 

200 × 17 = 3400

3400 + 6000 = 9400

There will be a total of 9400 bacteria in the culture after 17 hours. 

Hope this helped you out! :-)