<prompt> A bacterium can divide every 20 minutes. Beginning with a single individual, how many bacteria will be there in the population if there is exponential growth for 3 hours?512440181024  <response>: A bacterium can divide every 20 minutes and exponential growth is for 3 hours,Thus, C 1,And r 1 it doubles every timen 3 hours20 minutes 9 timesThus P C 1 rn 1 1 19 29 512 