A culture of bacteria has an initial population of 9700 bacteria and doubles every 2 hours. Using the formula P t =P 0 *2^ prime where , is the population P t after hours, P 0 is the initial population, t is the time in hours and d is the doubling time, what is the population of bacteria in the culture after 19 hours, to the nearest whole number

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A culture of bacteria has an initial population of 9700 bacteria and doubles every 2 hours. Using the formula P t =P 0 *2^ prime where , is the population P t after hours, P 0 is the initial population, t is the time in hours and d is the doubling time, what is the population of bacteria in the culture after 19 hours, to the nearest whole number

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