A scientist is studying a certain strain of bacteria that grows at an exponential rate, doubling each cell every 5 minutes. Imagine that 1 bacteria cell is placed in this glass bottle at 10:00 a.m.

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Not sure if the question is complete, but if the cell doubles every five minutes, you must first double the one, then simply square the answer every five minutes. 

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