Question

Bacteria in a petri dish doubles every 10 minutes.

a) If there are 10 bacteria initially, how many are there after 120 minutes?
b) If there are 10 bacteria initially, when would there be a million bacteria?
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Givens

Petri Dish A sees a double ever 10 minutes

Petri Dish B sees a double ever 6 minutes

Consequences

A doubles 60 / 10 = 6 times.

B doubles 60 / 6 = 10 times.SolutionIf you work best with numbers then suppose there are 100 bacteria in both dishes at the beginningA = 100 * 2^6B = 100 * 2^10A will have 100 * 64 = 6400 bacteria growing inside AB will have 100 * 1024 = 102400 bacteria growing inside BB/A = 102400 / 6400 = 16There are 16 times as many in B than in A