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After a few hours, a colony of bacteria that doubles every hour has 8000 bacteria. After n more hours, there will be T more bacteria as given by the equation

T = 8000(2)". Find the number of bacteria that will be present in 4 hours?

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Answer:

T= 16000(2)

=36 000

T=36 000(2)

=72 000 in 4 hours

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