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A study of bacteria started with 40 bacteria.This type of bacteria doubles every 20 minutes.What would the population be after 3 hours

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Answer:220

Explanation:

1 hour has 3 20 minutes intervals you multiply 3 (20's in a hour) by 3 (total hours) gets you 180 then you add the starting number which gets you 220

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