Marcus is doing a science experiment in which he measures the rate at which bacteria multiply. Every 15 seconds the bacteria double in number. If there are 10 bacteria now, how many will there be in 2 minutes?

2 min = 8*15sec

so, it will double 8 times.

10 * 2^8 = ?

160

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10 x 2 x 8 = 160 bacteria

Since every 15 seconds the bacteria doubles...15 divided by 2 = 8

There are 10 bacteria now so...
10 x 2 x 8 = 160 bacteria
Hope it helped this was kinda of hard even for me being in very advanced math LoL

10.2.8=160 thank you

wth , i have no idea

Where u got 8

To find the number of bacteria in 2 minutes, we need to determine the number of 15-second intervals within 2 minutes.

First, we need to convert 2 minutes into seconds. Since there are 60 seconds in a minute, 2 minutes is equal to 2 * 60 = 120 seconds.

Next, we calculate the number of 15-second intervals within 120 seconds. We divide 120 seconds by 15 seconds to find how many intervals there are: 120 / 15 = 8 intervals.

Since the bacteria double every 15 seconds, the number of bacteria will double for each 15-second interval. We start with 10 bacteria, so after the first interval, we'll have 10 * 2 = 20 bacteria.

After the second interval, we'll double the number of bacteria again, going from 20 to 20 * 2 = 40 bacteria.

We repeat this doubling for each of the 8 intervals, so at the end of 2 minutes, there will be 10 * 2^8 = 10 * 256 = 2560 bacteria.

Thus, there will be a total of 2560 bacteria in 2 minutes.

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um........ that's why i asked