The population of a bacteria colony doubles every day. If it was started 7 days ago with 2 bacteria and each bacteria lives for 12 days, how large is the colony today? Choose the correct choice from the following
A) 128
B) 256
C) 512
D) 1024
E) 2048

Rationale: 2 ^ 7 ( 2 ) = 2 ^ 8 = 256 the answer is b .
Answer: B