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    Penteria Population Problem

    A Penteria is a special (fictional) kind of bacteria such that, regardless of the original population in a collection, the population increases by $ 5 $ every minute. Additionally, at the end of every hour, all but the initial ones die. If $ 137 $ Penteria are alive after $ 506 $ minutes, how many were there at the beginning?

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