The number of bacteria in a certain culture doubles every hour

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Problem

30. The number of bacteria in a certain culture doubles every hour. If there were 30 bacteria present in the culture originally, how many bacteria will be present at the end of

2^{\text {nd }}

hour,

4^{\text {th }}

hour and

n^{\text {th }}

hour? (1) how many bacteria will be present at the end of

2^{\text {nd }}

hour? (2) how many bacteria will be present at the end of

4^{\text {th }}

hour? (3) how many bacteria will be present at the end of

n^{\text {th }}

hour?

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