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bacteria quadruples on a daily basis. after the first day there were 50 bacteria. using the general exponential equation an=a1 x r^n-1 what value would represent a1

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
a1 = 50.

Explanation: plug n = 1 into a_n = a1 · r^(n−1): a1 · r^0 = a1 = 50. (Here r = 4, so a_n = 50·4^(n−1).)