On average, activated yeast cells divide once every 120 minutes; that is, each individual cell divides into two individual cells over that time span. Given that a certain yeast colony consisted of 310,000 cells two hours ago, approximately how many cells will be populating the colony eight hours from now?	Answers:
A) 4,960,000 B) 6,860,000 C) 9,920,000 D) 11,720,000 E) 14,960,000
310,000 × 2 × 2×2×2×2 = 310,000 × 32 = 9,920,000
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On average, activated yeast cells divide once every 120 minutes; that is, each individual cell divides into two individual cells over that time span. Given that a certain yeast colony consisted of 310,000 cells two hours ago, approximately how many cells will be populating the colony eight hours from now?