SOLUTION: A certain strain of bacteria that is growing on your kitchen counter doubles every 30 minutes. Assuming that you start with only one bacterium, how many bacteria could be presented

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Question 1090778: A certain strain of bacteria that is growing on your kitchen counter doubles every 30 minutes. Assuming that you start with only one bacterium, how many bacteria could be presented at the end of 180 minutes?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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Six doubling periods. This because each doubling period is 30 minutes.

At the end of 180 minutes, 1%2A2%5E6 number of bacteria.