The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 9 days ago with 2 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 12 days, how large is the colony today? Select:
A) 512
B) 768
C) 1024
D) 2048
E) 4096
It started 9 days ago. So bacterias keep growing for 9 days+ today= 10 days   2^10= 1024   1024 is the answer
<result>C</result>
The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 9 days ago with 2 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 12 days, how large is the colony today?