1) Some types of E. coli bacteria can double at a rate of 12 minutes per hour. What is the probability that a colony of E. coli doubles more than once in 10 minutes?
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coli doubling in 10 minutes. Since E. coli bacteria can double at a rate of 12 minutes per hour, this means they can double 5 times in an hour. Therefore, the probability of a single E. coli doubling in 10 minutes is 1/5 or 0.2. Show more…
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