PLEASE HELP A bacteria culture starts with three cells. Each cell in this culture doubles every hour. After t hours, the number of cells in the culture can be written as 3(2^t) Which of the following correctly interprets the meaning of 2^t in this context?

A. The factor 2^t is the number of hours
B. The factor 2^t is the initial number of cells
C. The factor 2^t is the number of cells after t hours
D. The factor 2^t is the number of cells that each original cell in the culture has produced after t hours.