The time required to grow a certain bacteria in a culture beginning with 100 bacteria is t= ln B-ln 100 /1.532, where B is the number of bacteria and t is the time in hours.
a. How much time is required to grow a culture of 200 bacteria? Show the steps you used to find the number of hours. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
b. How many bacteria will be in the culture in about 5 hours? Show the steps you used to find the number of bacteria. Round your answer to the nearest 100.

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The time required to grow a certain bacteria in a culture beginning with 100 bacteria is t= ln B-ln 100 /1.532, where B is the number of bacteria and t is the time in hours. 
a. How much time is required to grow a culture of 200 bacteria? Show the steps you used to find the number of hours. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
b. How many bacteria will be in the culture in about 5 hours? Show the steps you used to find the number of bacteria. Round your answer to the nearest 100.

anonymous · Answer

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