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If bacteria foubles every 20 minutes how much bacteria will there be after 4 hours ​

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Answer:

4096 bacteria.

Explanation:

If you start with one bacteria, and it doubles every 20 minutes, you would have 1*2^12 (Where 12 is every 20 minutes for 4 hours). 2^12 is 4096, so you would have 4096 bacteria after 4 hours.

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