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Exponential Population Growth

Bacterial culture

Problem 3-Calculate the time that a culture needs to grow to reach a given size

3.

How long would it take for an initial population of 6 to reach a size of 12,288 bacteria? Use the model, N(t) = Nokt, and assume the population doubles every 3 hours.

 

Answer:   
hours   

 

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Biochemistry