If a single bacterium doubles every generation, then there would be 32 bacteria at the end of the sixth generation.
The breakdown would be as follows:
- 1 bacterium starts the first generation
- 2 bacteria in the second generation
- 4 bacteria in the third generation
- 8 bacteria in the fourth generation
- 16 bacteria in the fifth generation
- 32 bacteria in the sixth generation
At the end of the sixth generation, a population that started as a single bacterium would have become 32 bacteria.
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