The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 10 days ago with 2 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 12 days, how large is the colony today?  Options.
A) 512
B) 768
C) 1024
D) 2048
E) 4096
2^10(2) = 2^11 = 2048   The answer is 2048.
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The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 10 days ago with 2 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 12 days, how large is the colony today?