A certain bacterial strain has an initial count of 500 cells and the population…
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Problem
A certain bacterial strain has an initial count of 500 cells and the population doubles every hour. What is the common ratio of the geometric progression formed by the population counts each hour?
(a) 500
(b) 0.5
(c) 2
(d) 1000