A certain culture of the bacterium Streptococcus A initially has 8 bacteria and is observed to doubl

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    A certain culture of the bacterium Streptococcus A initially has 8 bacteria and is observed to double every 1.5 hours.After how many hours will the bacteria count reach 10,000.

    Set up the doubling times:
    0 | 8
    1.5 | 16
    3 | 32
    4.5 | 64
    6 | 128
    7.5 | 256
    9 | 512
    10.5 | 1024
    12 | 2048
    13.5 | 4096
    15 | 8192
    16.5 | 16384

    So at time 16.5, we cross 10,000 bacteria.
     

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