Of a populatioon a 15. the growth of mycobacterium is being observed under ideal laboratory conditions (i.e. their population is population consists of 1,000 ba

of a populatioon a 15. The growth of mycobacterium is being observed under ideal laboratory conditions (i.e. their population is population consists of 1,000 bacteria at the the increasing exponentially). It is found that this end of 2 hours and 8,000 bacteria at the end of 5 hours. Calculate the number of bacteria 20 present in the population at the beginning of this experiment (1) 125 (2) 250 (3) 500 (4) 750 T 201@)