Formative #7 - Unit 5 Select all situations that are accurately described by the expression 15. 3^5.
A. A population of bacteria begins at 15,000. The population triples each hour. How many
bacteria are there after 5 hours?
B. A population of bacteria begins at 15,000. The population triples each hour. How many
thousand bacteria are there after 5 hours?
C. A population of bacteria begin at 15,000. The population quintuples each hour. How
many thousand bacteria are there after 3 hours?
D. A bank account balance is $15. The account balance triples each year. What is the bank
account balance, in dollars, after 5 years?
E. A bank account balance is $15,000. It grows by $3,000 each year. What is the bank
account balance, in thousands of dollars, after 5 years?