Problem #73 MEDIUM
The Bacteria Colony
Amazon Netflix Exponential Growth Logic
Problem Statement
A biologist places a single bacterium in a petri dish at 9:00 AM. The colony doubles in size exactly every 10 minutes. By 10:00 AM, the dish is completely full. At what time was the dish exactly half full? At what time was it exactly one-quarter full? If the biologist had started with two bacteria instead of one, at what time would the dish have been completely full?
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