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PLEASE HELP ME A population of bacteria doubles every 15 hours. Initially, the population of bacteria is 40. What is the population of the bacteria after 40 hours?

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Answer:

254.6 rounded to 1 d.p

Explanation:

This problem can be solved by the equation 40*2^(t/15). T stands for 40 hours and you have a simple equation.

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