SOLUTION: Supose an amoeba divids into two amoebas one every hour.How long would it take for a single amoeba to become acolony of 4096 amoebas?
the key is 12 hours
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Question 475959: Supose an amoeba divids into two amoebas one every hour.How long would it take for a single amoeba to become acolony of 4096 amoebas?
the key is 12 hours
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The size of the colony doubles every hour
The progression is:
1
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
256
512
1024
2048
4096
The 1st amoeba is already there, so you
don't count it. Each step is 1 hour, so
there are 12 hours
The formula is:
Colony size =
where is the number of hours elapsed
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