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A bacteria culture doubles every 15 minutes. If there are now 500 bacteria in the culture...
How many will there be in an hour.
N= 500 (2) ^60/15
The answer is 8000 but I am getting 1 x 10^12 what am I doing wrong?
8 years ago

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Ms. Sue
500
1,000
2,000
4,000
8,000


8 years ago

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