A bacterial culture doubles every 2 hours

MATHEMATICS · Single correct · AP · AP Precalculus · Exponential and Logarithmic Functions · Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Problem

A bacterial culture doubles every 2 hours. If the initial population is 500 cells, what is the population after 7 hours? (a)

4.00\times 10^{3}\text{ cells}

(b)

1.00\times 10^{4}\text{ cells}

(c)

5.66\times 10^{3}\text{ cells}

(d)

4.88\times 10^{3}\text{ cells}