Question 475959
The size of the colony doubles every hour
The progression is:
1
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
256
512
1024
2048
4096
The 1st amoeba is already there, so you
don't count it. Each step is 1 hour, so
there are 12 hours
The formula is:
Colony size = {{{ 2^n }}}
where {{{ n }}} is the number of hours elapsed