Question

A colony of 2 bacteria doubles in size every 30 minutes. What will the population be 5 hours from now?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

This will be 10 doublings ( 5 hours is TEN 30 minute periods)  ....or 2^10 times the original

2 * 2^10 = 2048 bacteria

2 ==> 4 => 8 => 16=>32=>64=>128=>256=>512=>1024=>2048