Question

Let's assume that bacteria doubles every 10 minutes. If the culture starts with 4 bacterial cells, how many bacterial cells will be present after 1 hour? (Hint: Enter the answer only, and don't forget your units!)

Answer 1

Answer: 256 bacterial cells

Explanation:

Using the half-life formula, the number of bacteria after
`t` minutes is
`4(2)^{(t)/(10)}`.

Setting
`t=60` (since there are 60 minutes in an hour), we get there are
`4(2)^{(60)/(10)}=256` bacterial cells.