A certain bacterial culture doubles in number every hour. If 1 bacterium is placed in a glass beaker at 8 A.M., how many will be there at 12 midnight?

Mattie Monroe

Mattie Monroe

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2022-10-23

A certain bacterial culture doubles in number every hour. If 1 bacterium is placed in a glass beaker at 8 A.M., how many will be there at 12 midnight?

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dwubiegrw

dwubiegrw

Beginner2022-10-24Added 13 answers

If it doubles every hour then
2 n is the model. Now the amount of hours from 8am to 12 midnight is 16. So 2 16 = 65536

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