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A colony of 15,000 bacteria doubles in size every 42 hours. What will the population be 84 hours from now?
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A colony of 15,000 bacteria doubles in size every 42 hours. What will the population be 84 hours from now?

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30,000

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You simply multipy the 15,000 by two since it is doubling. *4 is double of 42 which is why you would multiply by two.

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