Three cells with generation times of 30 minutes are inoculated into a culture medium. How many cells are there after 5 hours?

Name: Three cells with generation times of 30 minutes are inoculated into a culture medium. How many cells are there after 5 hours?
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The generation time is 30 minutes, so in 5 hours (which is 300 minutes), there are 10 generations (300/30 = 10). The number of cells doubles every generation, so starting with 3 cells, the number of cells after 10 generations is 3 × 2^10.

Three Cells with Generation Times of 30 Minutes Are Inoculated