The answer to the question would be 3.5
ANSWER
Approximately after 15 minutes.
EXPLANATION
The growth rate of the first bacteria is

The growth rate of the first bacteria :

To find the time that, there will be an equal number of bacteria, we equate the two equation;



We solve for t to get,

Or

We discard the negative value.
This implies that,

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Range is the difference of min and max y values
Ni because if you divide or mulriply the denominator you have to multiply or divide the numerator by the same amount. It is not possible dince you can divide the denominator by 2 to get 3 but you cant divude 5 by 2 and get an evn number