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A culture of 1.75×1018 bacteria is in petri dish A. A culture of 6.25×1015 bacteria is in petri dish B. How many times greater is the number of bacteria in petri dish A than petri dish B

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1.75x1018 = 1781.50 bacteria
6.25x1015 = 6343.75 bacteria

Now take 6343.75 / 1781.50 = 3.56 times greater
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