Biology Suppose that you have a single bacterium able to divide to form two new cells

Chapter 10, Problem 78

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Biology Suppose that you have a single bacterium able to divide to form two new cells every half hour. At the end of the first half hour there are two individuals, at the end of the first hour there are four individuals, and so on. (a) Write an expression for the nth term of the sequence. (b) How many bacteria will there be after 10 hours? After 20 hours? (Source: Adapted from Levine/Miller, Biology: Discovering Life, Second Edition)

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