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There is a population of 100,000 bacteria in a colony. If the number of bacteria doubles every 17 hours, what will the population be 34 hours from now?

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34/17=2 it will double twice in the 34 hours.
100,00 x 2 = 200,000
200,000 x 2 = 400,000
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