SOLUTION: A flask has {{{2.0*10^6}}} bacteria in it. Each second the bacteria doubles itself. a) How many bacteria are there after 1 second? b) How many bacteria are there after 1 minut

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Question 893365: A flask has bacteria in it.
Each second the bacteria doubles itself.
a) How many bacteria are there after 1 second?
b) How many bacteria are there after 1 minute?
**GIVE ANSWER IN THE FORMAT:
So what I did is:
At start:
After - 1 sec: ? I do not know anymore...

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For every second,

So for ,

Convert 1 minute to seconds, 60 seconds.



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