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SVETLANKA909090 [29]
3 years ago
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You start off with 100 E. coli cells known to divide every 20 minutes. Based on this information and using formulas for exponent

ial growth (Nt = No2n), growth constant (k = n/t (gen/hr), and generation time (g = t/n or 1/g (hr/gen), calculate the following: a. From the given information, what is the generation time? Remember it’s the length of time (in hours) for the population to double.
Biology
1 answer:
tensa zangetsu [6.8K]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

21 minutes or 0.35 hours

Explanation:

The formula for exponential population growth is

A = A_0* e^{kt}\\

where

A_0 = initial population of E.coli i.e 100

k is the rate of population growth i.e 2 as the population doubles

t is the time period i.e 20 minutes

Substituting the given values in above equation, we get -

A = 100 * e^{2 * \frac{20}{60} }\\\\A = 195

Generation time

G = \frac{t}{3.3 * log \frac{194}{100} } \\G = \frac{t}{0.949} \\G= 21 minutes

or 0.35 hours

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