About 12 weeks ago, there were 36 mold spores found in a garden. after a few weeks of observation, it is determined that the number of mold spores in the garden is tripling every 6 weeks. the number of mold spores, m, at any given time in the garden is equal to the product of the initial amount of spores, i, and 3 to the power of n, where n is the number of times the amount of mold spores has tripled.