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If the number of bacteria in a colony doubles every 203 minutes and there is currently a population of 40 bacteria, what will the population be 812 minutes from now?
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Doubling every 203 minutes means the population after t minutes is 40·2^(t/203). For t = 812 minutes, 812/203 = 4, so the population is 40·2^4 = 40·16 = 640 bacteria.