SOLUTION: A bacteria population doubles every four minutes. If the population begins with one cell, how long will it take to grow to 1,024 cells? A. 8 minutes B. 320 minutes C. 54 minut

Question 1199251: A bacteria population doubles every four minutes. If the population begins with one cell, how long will it take to grow to 1,024 cells?
A. 8 minutes
B. 320 minutes
C. 54 minutes
D. 160 minutes
E. 40 minutes
F. 219 minutes

Answer by ikleyn(52800) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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1024 cells is    times one cell.


Hence, the period of time is 10 doubling periods, or 10*4 = 40 minutes.    ANSWER

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