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 110,000 cells two hours ago, approximately how many cells will be populating the colony six hours from now? Choose the correct choice from the following choices
A) 77,500 B) 1,760,000 C) 2,480,000 D) 3,720,000 E) 4,960,000
110,000 × 2 × 2×2×2 = 110,000 × 16 = 1,760,000
<result>B</result>
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 110,000 cells two hours ago, approximately how many cells will be populating the colony six hours from now?