Discussion
A bacterial culture doubles every 20 minutes. Starting from 1,000 cells, how many are present after 2 hours?
Answer: D
Two hours contains six doubling periods, and 2 raised to the sixth power is 64, giving 64,000 cells. Multiplying the starting figure by six, rather than doubling it six times over, is the usual mistake and gives a badly low answer.
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