The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 9 days ago with 2 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 11 days, how large is the colony today? Select the correct option:	A) 512	B) 768	C) 4096	D) 2048	E) 1024

Rationale: "9 days ago - 2 8 days ago - 4 7 days ago - 8 6 days ago - 16 5 days ago - 32 4 days ago - 64 3 days ago - 128 2 days ago - 256 yesterday - 512 today - 1024 ans : e"
Answer: E