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There is a population of 33,500 bacteria in a colony. If the number of bacteria doubles every 95 minutes, what will the population be 380 minutes from now?

 Feb 1, 2017
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380/95 = 4 doublings

start 33500           i double    67000   

2 double 134000 

3 double  268000 

4 double  536000

 

33500 (2^4)=536000

 Feb 1, 2017

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