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Suppose there is a medium and the bacteria's density is 5 X 10 ^5 and the generation time is 35 minutes. What is the density after 175 minutes?

Suppose there is a medium and the bacteria's density is 5 X 10 ^5 and the generation time is 35 minutes. What is the density after 175 minutes?

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Simran Vinaik
askIITians Faculty 1230 Points
5 years ago
The bacterial cells will divide 5 times (175 min/35 min)as generation time is 35 minutes.
Nt= No* 2n
where Nt= final cell number
No= original cell number
n= number of generation
Nt=5 X 105* 25
Nt=5 X 105 * 32
Nt= 160 *105
or 16*106

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