Bacteria reproduce by splitting into two. This can happen every 20 minutes in ideal conditions of sufficient water, food and at a warm temperature. Small numbers of bacteria do not usually make people ill. When a student takes her lunch out of the fridge, it contains 4 bacteria. After 2 hours at room temperature, it contains 256 bacteria. From the time that the food is taken out of the fridge, how long will it take before there are 16384 bacteria in her food?
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C: 4 hours
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