Question 550947: A bacteria population doubles every eight minutes. If the population begins with one cell, how long will it take to grow to 2,097,152 cells?
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A bacteria population doubles every eight minutes. If the population begins with one cell, how long will it take to grow to 2,097,152 cells?
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That's 2^21, so it's 21 time periods.
21*8 = 168 minutes
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