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An experiment starts with 30 bacteria. After 4 hours, there are 135 bacteria. How long will it take for the bacteria population to reach 4,500? Round to the nearest tenth of an hour. You must show your
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An experiment starts with 30 bacteria. After 4 hours, there are 135 bacteria. How long will it take for the bacteria population to reach 4,500? Round to the nearest tenth of an hour. You must show your work.

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Well in order to figure out the rate per hour we would do 135 minus 30 and get 105 then divided that by 4 and get 26.25 then divided 4500 by 26.25 and get 171.4 hours
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