Problema Solution
A biologist finds that the population of a certain type of bacteria doubles each half-hour. An initial culture has 80 bacteria.
How long will it take for the number of bacteria to reach 81,920?
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A = P (2^n)
For this problem:
81,920 = 80(2^n)
81,920/80 = 2^n
1024 = 2^n
2^10 = 2^n
Then, n = 10 answer