"A researcher is investigating a specimen of bacteria. She finds that the original 1,000 bacteria grew to 2,084,000 in 60 hours. How fast does the bacteria (a) double? (b) quadruple?".
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Confirm it's 2084000 and not 2048000
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If it's 2048 that's 2^11.
60/12 = 5 hour periods
In 1000's and periods of 5 hours:
0 1
5 2
10 4
15 8
20 16
25 32
30 64
35 128
40 256
45 512
50 1024
55 2048
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Using 60/11 hours for the periods:
P #
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0 1
1 2
2 4
3 8
4 16
5 32
6 64
7 128
8 256
9 512
10 1024
11 2048