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what is the shortest possible time in which a bacterium could travel a distence of 8.4 cm across a petri dish at a constant speed of 3.5mm

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D = RT

D is 8.4 cm or 84mm, R is 3.5mm (units of time, assuming seconds for now)

84 = 3.5T

T = 24 seconds
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