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Posted by Shadow on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 7:38pm.

A species of bacteria in a laboratory undergoes exponential growth, reproducing every 30 minutes. Starting with one bacteria cell, how many bacterial cells will there be after 3 hours? Would the answer be 64? Thanks

Science - bobpursley, Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 8:06pm
cells=1(2)^t/.5

cells= 2^6= 64

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