Strain B started with a genetic mutation in patient zero that caused them to turn into a zombie. This strain differs from A in that all zombies can infect new people. Zombies infected with strain B can infect 1 person every minute.
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determine how many people would be infected in 11 minutes.
To determine how many people would be infected in 11 minutes, we need to calculate the cumulative number of people infected at each minute.
Starting from minute 1, we know that 1 person was infected. Then, at minute 2, the original infected person can infect 1 new person, making a total of 2 infected people. At minute 3, both of these individuals can infect 1 new person each, making a total of 4 infected people. This exponential growth pattern continues.
Using this information, we can create the following table:
Minutes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Infected: 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024
Therefore, in 11 minutes, a total of 1024 people would be infected.