The doubling period of a bacterial population is 15 minutes. At time t 90 minutes,the bacterial population was 80000.What was the initial population at time t0?Find the size of the bacterial population after 5 hours.Question Help: Video 1Video 2Submit Question

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The doubling period of a bacterial population is 15 minutes. At time t = 90 minutes, the bacterial population was 80000. What was the initial population at time t = 0? Find the size of the bacterial population after 5 hours.