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Question 1093205: Inspectors for the Fulton County Health Department routinely check food samples for the presence of the E. coli bacteria. When E. coli cells are placed in a medium that provides nutrients need for growth, the bacteria population can increase exponentially, reproducing itself every 15 minutes. If an inspector has a sample containing 1000 bacteria cells, how long will it take the population to reach 64,000 cells? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 64000=1000*2^n
64=2^n, dividing both sides by 1000
n=6
each reproduction takes 15 minutes, so that is 90 minutes.
