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 310,000 cells two hours ago, approximately how many cells will be populating the colony ten hours from now? Choose the correct choice from the following options.
A) 77,500	B) 1,860,000	C) 12,480,000	D) 19,840,000	E) 24,960,000
310,000 × 2 × 2×2×2×2×2 = 310,000 × 64 = 19,840,000
<result>D</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 310,000 cells two hours ago, approximately how many cells will be populating the colony ten hours from now?