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9). The bacteria in a Petri dish culture are self-duplicating at a rapid pace. The relationship between the elapsed

time, t, in minutes, and the number of bacteria, BC), in the Petri dish is modeled by the following function:
B(O) = 5:35. How many bacteria will make up the culture after 80 minutes? Round to the nearest thousandth it
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Answer:

66.44 Minutes

Explanation:

The number of Bacteria, B(t) at any time t(in minutes) is given by the function:

We want to determine the time(in minutes) for the culture to achieve 10,000 bacteria.

Therefore:

Divide both sides by 100

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