shanice wrote:A certain population of bacteria doubles every 10 minutes.If the number of bacteria in the population initially was 10^4, what was the number in the population 1 hour later?
A)2(10^4)
B)6(10^4)
C)(2^6)(10^4)
D)(10^6)(10^4)
E)(10^4)6
Thank you in advance.
Since the population doubles every 10 minutes, in 60 minutes it will be multiplied by 2 six times:
10� * (2*2*2*2*2*2) = 2�10�.
The correct answer is
C.
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