Question

The doubling time of a type of bacteria is 43 minutes. If every bacterium reproduces, then after 43 minutes a population of 1024 bacteria will have grown approximately to what size?

A. 2873 bacteria
B. 1067 bacteria
C. 512 bacteria
D. 2048 bacteria

Answer 1

D
Just double the amount of bacteria.
1024 * 2 = 2048