In a petri dish, a certain type of bacterium doubles in number every 25 minutes.

There were originally 16, or 2^4 bacteria in the dish. After 150 minutes, the
number of bacteria has doubled 6 times, multiplying by 2^6.

Now the population of bacteria is 24.26 Expressed as a power, how many bacteria are in the petri dish after 150 minutes?

A. 2^24
B. 2^10
C. 4^10
D. 2^20