The doubling period of a bacterial population is 10 minutes. At time t = 80 minutes, the bacterial population was 70000. What was the initial population at time t = 0? Find the size of the bacterial population after 4 hours.

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80 minutes, the bacterial population
The doubling period of a bacterial population is 10 minutes. At time t
was 70000.
What was the initial population at time t = 0?
Find the size of the bacterial population after 4 hours.
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