The doubling period of a bacterial population is 10 minutes. At timet population was 60000. Find the size of the bacterial population after 3 hours.

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2022-09-03

The doubling period of a bacterial population is 10 minutes. At timet population was 60000.
Find the size of the bacterial population after 3 hours.

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Tristin Durham

Tristin Durham

Beginner2022-09-04Added 6 answers

exponential growth formula
p ( t ) = 90 t t = 90 ,   p ( t ) = 60000 t = 80 ,   p ( t ) = 30000
put t = 80   p ( t ) = 30000 30000 = 96 80 60000 30000 = 96 90 96 80 2 = 6 10 6 = 2 1 / 10 p ( t ) = 30720000

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