Aculture started with 2,000 bacteria. after 6 hours, it grew to 2,400 bacteria. predict how many bacteria will be present after 16 hours. round your answer to the nearest whole number

Hello!

First you have to find how much bacteria grows every hour

In 6 hours it went from 2000 to 2400 this is a difference of 400

This means that 400 bacteria grew in 6 hours

Divide the amount of bacteria grew by the amount of hours to get how much grows an hour

400 / 6 = 66.666...

Multiply this by the amount of hours that passed

66.666 * 16 = 1066.6

Round to the nearest whole number

1067

Add this to the amount of bacteria that was at the start

2000 + 1067 = 3067

The answer is 3067 bacteria

Hope this helps!