Asked by lilly

A colony of 129,800 bacteria doubles in size every 278 hours. What will the population be 1,112 hours from now?
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use exponential growth: P(t) = 129,800 · 2^(t/278). For t = 1,112 hours, t/278 = 4, so

P = 129,800 · 2^4 = 129,800 · 16 = 2,076,800.

So the population will be 2,076,800 bacteria.