The generation time for E. coli cultured under ideal condition is 20 minutes. If E. coli divides every 20 minutes under ideal conditions, how many E. coli are there after 2 hours?

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The generation time for E. coli cultured under ideal condition is 20 minutes. If E. coli divides every 20 minutes under ideal conditions, how many E. coli are there after 2 hours?

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If it is each E. coli that divides it will be 768 after 2 hours.

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