The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 5 days ago with 2 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 12 days, how large is the colony today? Options: A) 512 B) 768 C) 64 D) 2048 E) 4096

Rationale: "2 ^ 5 ( 2 ) = 2 ^ 6 = 64 the answer is c"
Answer: C