E. coli bacteria are growing in a hamburger exponentially. initially there are 100,000 bacteria. after 10 minutes there are 150,000. how many are there after an hour?

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Jenna Willis

22 April, 06:10

E. coli bacteria are growing in a hamburger exponentially. initially there are 100,000 bacteria. after 10 minutes there are 150,000. how many are there after an hour?

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Justice Haney · Answer 1

The bacteria is growing at a rate of 50,000/10m so in 60 minutes it will be grown to 300,000 plus the initial 100,000, after 1 hour in the hamburger you will have 400,000 coli bacterias