Question

A bacterium cell splits into 2 cells every hour. Write and evaluate an exponential expression to find how many cells there will be in 6 hours. Then use your answer to help you find the number of hours it will take for there to be 1,024 cells.​

Answer 1

2^x

64 bacterium

10 hours

Explanation:

doubles every hour

if x = hours

2^x

2^x --> 2⁶ = 64

2^x = 1024

1024 = 2^10 ---> x=10