Brittany is a scientist. She is recording the number of cells in a dish. After each hour, the cell divides into four cells. The sequence shown represents the growth of the cells. 1,4,16,64,256,. . . Which explicit formula represents this situation

4^n-1

Step-by-step explanation:

So given sequence is a geometric sequence where terms increase or decrease by a constant common ratio(r)

Formula to find terms in Geometric sequence is " ar^n-1 where a is first term , r is common ratio and n is number of items

In this case , first term (a) is 1 , common ratio(r) is succeeding term/preceding term = 4/1 = 4 and number of items be (n).

Applying "ar^n-1 " we get,

1*4^n-1 which is , 4^n-1

Thats the formula which represents the situation