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A particular strain of bacteria triples in population every 45 minutes. Assuming you start with 50 bacteria in a petri dish, how many

bacteria will there be in 4.5 hours?
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Answer: 36,450. Have a nice day also I know it is right because I did it on apex

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User Kevin Buchan
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Answer:

in 4.5 hours there will be 300 bacteria

Step-by-step explanation: in 4.5 hours there are 270 mins divide that number by 45 and you get 6 multiply 50 by 6 and thats how you get the answer

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