SOLUTION: A population of bacteria doubles every 20 minutes. If a single bacterium started producing at midnight, how many would there be at noon?
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Question 1120252: A population of bacteria doubles every 20 minutes. If a single bacterium started producing at midnight, how many would there be at noon?
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A population of bacteria doubles every 20 minutes. If a single bacterium started producing at midnight, how many would there be at noon?
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12 hours = 36 periods
--> 1*2^36
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