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A population of bacteria is doubling every four hours. At noon there are 600600 bacteria. If this rate continues, how many bacteria will be present at midnight, twelve hours later?
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A population of bacteria is doubling every four hours. At noon there are 600 bacteria. If this rate continues, how many bacteria will be present at midnight, twelve hours later?
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A population of bacteria is doubling every four hours. At noon there are $600$ bacteria. If this rate continues, how many bacteria will be present at midnight, twelve hours later?

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Algebra

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