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Let's assume that bacteria doubles every 10 minutes. If a culture begins with exactly

30 bacterial cells, how many bacteria will be present after 1 hour?

A 960 Bacteria
B 1000 Bacteria
C 1520 Bacteria
D 1920 Bacteria​

User Xsami
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Greetings!

First off, we should know that there are 60 minutes in an hour. Therefore, the first step we will need to do, is divide 60 by 10.

60 ÷ 10 = 6

As shown above, we now know we will have to double the number 6 times. If we start with 30, this will be our first problem.

(1) 30 + 30 = 60

And so on and so forth...

(2) 60 + 60 = 120

(3) 120 + 120 = 240

(4) 240 + 240 = 480

(5) 480 + 480 = 960

(6) 960 + 960 = 1920

And after our sixth time we have our answer:

1920 bacteria

Hope this helps!

~Fluerie

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