To determine how many people would be infected in 11 minutes, we need to calculate the cumulative number of people infected at each minute.
Starting from minute 1, we know that 1 person was infected. Then, at minute 2, the original infected person can infect 1 new person, making a total of 2 infected people. At minute 3, both of these individuals can infect 1 new person each, making a total of 4 infected people. This exponential growth pattern continues.
Using this information, we can create the following table:
Minutes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Infected: 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024
Therefore, in 11 minutes, a total of 1024 people would be infected.
Strain B started with a genetic mutation in patient zero that caused them to turn into a zombie. This strain differs from A in that all zombies can infect new people. Zombies infected with strain B can infect 1 person every minute.
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determine how many people would be infected in 11 minutes.
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