calculate the time for the colony to reach 1 million bacteria.

Number of bacteria present. Doubles every minute
2
4
8
16
32
64

1 answer

number = 2^t
so 2^t = 1,000,000
take log of both sides and use log rules
t log2 = log 1,000,000
t = 6/log2 = 19.9 minutes

it would take appr 20 minutes