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A scientist places a cell in a Petri dish. At the end of 1 hour, the cell divides so

that there are 2 cells in the Petri dish. At the end of 2 hours, those cells divide so
there are 4 cells in the Petri dish. The cells continue to divide this way every hour.
Use the expression 2 to the 10th power to find the number of cells in the Petri dish after 10 hours.
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20 because you would multiply by two each time
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