Bacterial Strain A divides every 30 minutes.If you require at least 4 billion cells to perform an experiment,how many hours will you need to incubate a culture tube inoculated with a single cell of Bacteria A to get enough material to perform your experiment?
A)2
B)16
C)8
D)4
E)32

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Bacterial Strain A divides every 30 minutes, so after 1 hour, there will be 2 cells, after 2 hours, there will be 4 cells, and so on. After 16 hours, there will be 4 billion cells, which is enough to perform the experiment.

Bacterial Strain a Divides Every 30 Minutes