Let

represent the number of bacteria after

hours.
so

is the number of bacteria after 0/2 = 0 hours

is the number of bacteria after 1/2 hours

is the number of bacteria after 2/2 = 1 hours and so on
so if we list a few terms of this sequence, we have:





so clearly,

, the number of bacteria after

hours, is equal to

.

is the number of bacteria after

hours.
Thus, we calculate

, which is

.
Answer: the number of bacteria after 24 hours is

.
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