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If a bacterium could divide into two every 20 minutes how many bacteria would be produced after 8 hours?
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∙ 14y ago
20 minutes = 1/3rd of an hour
8 hours = (8 x 3) = 24 thirds of an hour = 24 divisions.
If all survive and reproduce, the population after 24 divisions = 224 = 16,777,216 bugs.
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