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The average human cell that is capable of dividing has a cell cycle of 20 hours. How many cells there would be in one week if they start with one cell at time zero.

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"The cell number doubles with each replication cycle, so after one cycle there would be 2 cells, after 2 cycles there would be 4 cells, etc. To find the number of cells plug in your values in the equation 2^n, where n=the number of cycles (2^4). "

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