The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 8 days ago with 4 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 12 days, how large is the colony today?  Choose the correct choice from the following answers:	A) 512	B) 768	C) 1024	D) 131072	E) 409600
4^8(2) = 131072   The answer is 131072.
<result>D</result>
The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 8 days ago with 4 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 12 days, how large is the colony today?