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If activated yeast cells typically divide every 150 minutes, meaning each cell produces two new cells in that duration, how many cells will be in a yeast colony that had 250,000 cells three hours ago, six hours from now?
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125,000
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1,000,000
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2,000,000
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3,000,000
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4,000,000
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NehalMar 30, 2025
can you explain more?
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