Asked by Alexis

There are 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 bacteria cells after 3 hours. Write the repeated multiplication as a power and then evaluate.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The product 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 has nine factors of 2, so as a power it's 2^9. Evaluating gives 2^9 = 512.

There are 512 bacteria cells.