In a certain culture of bacteria, the number of bacteria increased sixfold in 10 h. How long did it take for the population to double?
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Step 1:** Given that the number of bacteria increased sixfold in 10 hours, we have the equation: \[6 = e^{k \times 10}\] ** Show more…
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