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One type of bacteria reproduces once every 60 minutes. If there are 2 bacterial cells to begin with, then after 4 hours there will be a total of _____ bacterial cells.
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One type of bacteria reproduces once every 60 minutes. If there are 2 bacterial cells to begin with, then after 4 hours there will be a total of _____ bacterial cells.

One type of bacteria reproduces once every 60 minutes. If there are 2 bacterial cells-example-1
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96

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Solving by the method of exponential growth.
bacteria = 2
after one hr = 2² = 4
after 2nd hr = 2³ = 8
after 3rd hr = 2⁴ = 16
after 4th hr = 2⁵ = 32
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