A colony of 995 bacteria doubles in size every 206 minutes. What will the population be 618 minutes

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A colony of 995 bacteria doubles in size every 206 minutes. What will the population be 618 minutes from now?

Calculate the doubling time periods:
Doubling Time Periods = Total Minutes From Now / Doubling Period in Minutes
Doubling Time Periods = 618/206
Doubling Time Periods = 3

Calculate the new population using the doubling time formula below where t is the number of doubling periods:
Population = Initial Population * 2^2
Population = 995 * 2^3
Population = 995 * 8
Population = 7,960