document.write( "Question 739449: How do I solve this problem?..To reproduce, a single bacterium splits into two. Assume it takes a single bacterium 20 min to split. When will there be 128 bacteria? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "1- 20 2
\n" ); document.write( "2- 40 4
\n" ); document.write( "3-60 8
\n" ); document.write( "4-80 16
\n" ); document.write( "5-100 32
\n" ); document.write( "6-120 64
\n" ); document.write( "7-140 128
\n" ); document.write( "2 hours and 20 minutes later
\n" ); document.write( "2^n=128
\n" ); document.write( "n=7
\n" ); document.write( "7*20=140 minutes later
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