SOLUTION: 2. A bacteria culture doubles every 20 minutes. At time 5/3 hours an estimate of 80000 is taken. What was the initial size of the culture?

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Question 314579: 2. A bacteria culture doubles every 20 minutes. At time 5/3 hours an estimate of 80000 is taken. What was the initial size of the culture?
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20 minutes is the same thing as hour. So at time hour, the bacteria has doubled 5 times. Doubling 5 times is the same thing as multiplying by . Divide the ending amount by 32.


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