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Hint: create a table of values for the observations and corresponding number of cells. * 10 poi A science experiment involves periodically measuring the number of mold cells. At the start of the k for the number of mold cells on Observation #5.

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According to the problem, there are 2 mold cells at the beginning of observations, then the number of mold cells increases by a factor of 2.

Given that, observation 4 has 16 number cells, then observation 5 would have 32, which is the fifth power of 2.

Hence, the answer is A.

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