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The doubling time of a type of bacteria is 20 minutes. If every bacterium reproduces, then after 20 minutes a population of 8 bacteria will have grown approximately to what size?

A. 64 bacteria
B. 16 bacteria
C. 10 bacteria
D. 28 bacteria

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the answer is B 16
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