The population of locusts in a certain swarm doubles every two hours. If 4 hours ago there were 1,000 locusts in the swarm, in approximately how many hours will the swarm population exceed 256,000 locusts? Choose the most appropriate option:
A) 12 B) 14 C) 16 D) 15 E) 11
- 4 hours: 1,000   -2 hours: 2,000   Now: 4,000   + 2 hours: 8,000   + 4 hours: 16,000   + 6 hours: 32,000   + 8 hours: 64,000   + 10 hours: 128,000   + 12 hours: 256,000   12nswer : 12
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The population of locusts in a certain swarm doubles every two hours. If 4 hours ago there were 1,000 locusts in the swarm, in approximately how many hours will the swarm population exceed 256,000 locusts?