SOLUTION: can some one help me solve this problem please A certain virus has an average doubling time of 28.5 minutes in the human body. How long does it take 1 virus to grow to a billion

Question 768032: can some one help me solve this problem please
A certain virus has an average doubling time of 28.5 minutes in the human body. How long does it take 1 virus to grow to a billion (1E9) viruses? Time in hours (1 decimal)
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A certain virus has an average doubling time of 28.5 minutes in the human body.
How long does it take 1 virus to grow to a billion (1E9) viruses?
Time in hours (1 decimal)

:
*log(2) = 9
=
= 29.9
t = 28.5 * 29.9
t = 852 min
:
= 14.2 hrs

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