The doubling period of a bacterial population is 15 minutes. At time t 100 minutes, the bacterial population was 60000. What was the initial population at time t 0? Find the size of the bacterial population after 5 hours.

The doubling period of a bacterial population is 15 minutes. At time t 100 minutes, the bacterial population was 60000. What was the initial population at time t 0? Find the size of the bacterial population after 5 hours.

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What was the initial population at time t
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