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Every 20 minutes, a bacteria doubles itself. How many bacteria would there be after a day?

 Sep 15, 2015
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There are  1440/20  = 72  doubling periods in one day

 

So, assuming that the number of bacteria at the start = N....the number at the end of the day =

 

N, (2^1)N,  (2^2)N,  (2^3)N........ (2^72)N

 

 

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 Sep 15, 2015

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