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Question 616606: A certain bacteria doubles every hour. Jill s illness starts with 1 bacteria cell. After 1 hour there will be 2 bacteria cells; after 2 hours there will be 4 bacteria cells. Write an equation in the form Next=Now _______ to model how the number of cells will change from one hour to the next.
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A certain bacteria doubles every hour. Jill s illness starts with 1 bacteria cell. After 1 hour there will be 2 bacteria cells; after 2 hours there will be 4 bacteria cells. Write an equation in the form Next=Now _______ to model how the number of cells will change from one hour to the next.
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Next = Now*2
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