Unrestrained growth of cells in a petri dish can be extremely rapid, with a single cell growing into a number of cells, N, given by the formula, N(t) = 8t, after t hours.

Enter the formula for the number of cells in the petri dish when a culture is started with 30 isolated cells.

The new formula is N(t) = .

How many cells do you expect after 3 hours?

You should expect ___
cells.