1a) A culture of bacteria enters the
exponential growth phase with 8,476 cells per mL. After 9 hours,
there are 622,681,576 cells per mL.
What is the instantaneous growth rate constant, with units of
1/hours, for this culture?
1b) Given a doubling time of 1,349 minutes, how long will
it take a culture in the exponential growth phase to grow from 62
cells per mL, to 7,371 cells per mL?
Express your answer in decimal notation rounded to two decimal
places.
Include trailing zeros if necessary so that your answer has two
decimal places. For example 23.125 would be reported as 23.13. An
answer of 23 would be reported as 23.00