Question
A colony of bacteria has a population of ten initially, and doubles in size every three hours. What is the population of the colony after 24 hours of growth ?
Answers
Steve
well, it doubles 8 times in 24 hours. So, it has grown by a factor of 2^8
10 * 2^8 = ?
10 * 2^8 = ?
Anonymous
2,560
stacey
bacteria triples in size every 5 hours. the inital population is 125 cells what will the population be after 15 hours? 25 hours?