a particular strain of bacteria doubles in population every 10 minutes. Assuming you start with a single bacterium in a petri dish, how many bacteria will there be in 2.5 hours? A. 16,384 B. 65,536 C. 32,768 D. 9536

C. 32,768

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1

Convert the number of hours to minutes

2.5 hours to minutes = 2 hrs 30 minutes to minutes is calculated as

1 hour = 60 minutes

2 hours 30 minutes =

Cross multiply

(60 minutes × 2 hours) + 30 minutes = 150 minutes.

Step 2

We are told in the question that the bacteria population doubles every 10 minute interval

Find the number of intervals in 150 minutes

= 150 minutes / 10 minutes interval

= 15 intervals

Step 3

The number of bacteria present after 2.5 hours is calculated using the formula of

= Amount of bacterium × 2ⁿ

Where n = number of intervals = 15

Amount of bacterium = single bacterium = 1

Number of bacteria = 1 × 2¹⁵

= 32,768

Therefore, when you start with a single bacterium in a petri dish, the number of bacteria that will there be in 2.5 hours is 32,768

hi there!

first we need to find out how much they are adding to each number to make the next number.

ex: 4 + 4 = 8, 8 + 8 = 16, and so on.

so continuing with 32,

32 + 32 = 64

64 + 64 = 128

128 + 128 = 256

256 + 256 = 512

4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512

the 8th term of the sequence will be 512

hope this ! ~

isn't it a pentagon? sense [3 (triangle) + 4 (rectangle)] - 2 (triangle and rectangle connected) = 5 (pentagon)