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A strain of bacteria multiplies by a factor of x every two milliseconds.
If there are 64 bacteria after six milliseconds and one bacterium was initially present, what is x?
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Okay Next matthew Drill for you Aspiring people A strain
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of e Coli bacteria multiplied by a factor of ex
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every two milliseconds If there are sixty four bacteria after
- 00:15
six milliseconds and one bacterium was initially present what is
- 00:20
x Well e Coli has a bad rap but apparently
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there are quite a few good guys in this gang
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of bacteria that or they've hired an excellent pr firm
- 00:33
to revamp their image If the strain of bacteria multiplies
- 00:36
every two milliseconds and six milliseconds passed then the bacteria
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has multiplied three times right So that would be x
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cubed In other words we're looking at the cube root
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of sixty For which four times for sixteen times on
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before is sixty four Yeah we're looking at a strain
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that multiplies by four every two milliseconds We're going to 00:00:58.423 --> [endTime] go wash our hands Yeah answer is b
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