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if a single bacterium on food has ideal conditions , approximately how many bacteria could be on the food after 3 hours if they double every ten minutes
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Steve
in t minutes, the number of bacteria is
2^(t/10)
so, after 3 hours (180 minutes) there are
2^(180/10) = 2^18 = 262144
2^(t/10)
so, after 3 hours (180 minutes) there are
2^(180/10) = 2^18 = 262144
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