SOLUTION: The number of bacterial cells in a biology experiment doubles every hour. After 1 hour , there are 2 cells, after 2 hours there are 4 cells, after 3 hours they are 8 cells. After

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Question 715668: The number of bacterial cells in a biology experiment doubles every hour. After 1 hour ,
there are 2 cells, after 2 hours there are 4 cells, after 3 hours they are 8 cells. After how
many hours will the number of cells become 1024?

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The number of bacterial cells in a biology experiment doubles every hour. After 1 hour ,
there are 2 cells, after 2 hours there are 4 cells, after 3 hours they are 8 cells. After how
many hours will the number of cells become 1024?
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1024 = 2^10 --> 10 hours