Question 970784
The generation time G for a particular bacteria is the time it takes for the population to double. The bacteria increase in population is shown by the formula
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 I think the formula should be G = {{{t/(3.3*log((p/a)))}}}
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where t is the time period of the population increase, a is the number of bacteria at the beginning of the time period, and P is the number of bacteria at the end of the time period.
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 If the generation time for the bacteria is 4.5 hours, how long will it take 4 of these bacteria to multiply into a colony of 7,525 bacteria? Round to the nearest
 hour.
{{{t/(3.3*log((7525/4)))}}} = 4.5
find the log mult by 3.3 and you have
{{{t/10.8}}} = 4.5
t = 10.8 * 4.5
t = 48.6 ~ 49 hrs