A culture of bacteria has an initial population of 12000 bacteria and doubles every 6 hours. Using the formula Pₜ = P₀ * 2ᵗ/ᵈ,

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A culture of bacteria has an initial population of 12000 bacteria and doubles every 6 hours. Using the formula Pₜ = P₀ * 2ᵗ/ᵈ, where Pₜ is the population after t hours, P₀ is the initial population, t is the time in hours and d is the doubling time, what is the population of bacteria in the culture after 17 hours, to the nearest  whole number?

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