Bacterial Strain A divides every 30 minutes. If you require at least 4 billion cells to perform an experiment, how long will you need to incubate a culture tube inoculated with a single cell of Bacteria A to get enough material to perform your experiment?

A. 16
B. 32
C. 4
D. 8
E. 2


A. 16

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