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90% of bacteria sprayed twice to a countertop how much bacteria have been eliminated

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Step-by-step explanation:If you eliminate 90% of bacteria with the first application, then 10% of the bacteria will survive.

If you eliminate another 90% of bacteria remaining with the first application, then you will take 90% of 10 and subtract that to find the population remaining after the second application.

Only 1% of the bacteria is left. Therefore, 99% of the bacteria has been eliminated.

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