The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 7 days ago with 2 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 12 days, how large is the colony today?  Choose the most appropriate option:
A) 512	B) 768	C) 256	D) 2048	E) 4096
7 days ago- 2   6 days ago- 4   5 days ago- 8   4 days ago- 16   3 days ago- 32   2 days ago- 64   Yesterday- 128   Today- 256   Ans:256
<result>C</result>
The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 7 days ago with 2 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 12 days, how large is the colony today?