Question

PLEASE HELP WILL MEDAL
A particular strain of bacteria doubles in population every 10 minutes. Assuming you start with a single bacterium in a petri dish, how many bacteria will there be in 2.5 hours?


A. 32,768
B. 16,384
C. 65,536
D. 9536

Answer 1

B

Answer 2

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150
1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384

Answer 3

No that was wrong

Answer 4

I see what you're doing, but the system said it was wrong:/

Answer 5

but the logic is right

Answer 6

Yes I see that

Answer 7

It was D I think you miscalculated the one before

Answer 8

Are u sure is it D??