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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
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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