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Harriet is cultivating a strain of bacteria in a petri dish. Currently, she has 10^3 bacteria in the dish. The bacteria divide every two hours such that the number of bacteria has doubled by the end of every second hour. How many bacteria will Harriet have in the dish at the end of 6 hours?

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apologiabiology
A=P(2)^(t/d)
A=future amount
P=starting amount
t=time elapsed
h=doubling time



given
P=10^3
t=6
d=2

A=10^3(2)^(6/2)
A=10^3(2)^2
A=10^3(4)
A=4*10^3
A=4000

4000 bacteria

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