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The cells of a certain culture of bacteria double every 6 minutes. If there are 3 cells in a petri dish, how many cells of bacteria will htere be after on and a half hours?

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1 1/2 hours = 90 minutes, or 15 doubling periods.

So, there will be 3*2^15 bacteria

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