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In Biology / High School | 2014-05-28

A culture of bacteria grows exponentially, doubling in size every 16 hours. How long will it take to triple from its original size?

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it will take 24 hours

Answered by vt12345 | 2024-06-10

**Bacterial cultures **expand exponentially . It grows by two times every 16 hours. The time taken to **triple **from its original size is 24 hours.
What is bacteria culture?
A **test **to influence whether you have a bacterial pathologic process is a bacterium culture . A sample of blood, feces, urine, skin, mucus or spinal fluid may be used for the test . The different types of bacteria culture are broth culture, stable culture, and agar process.
A **healthcare **professional can choose the most suitable course of therapy using this kind of test to **determine **what brought on the infection .
The culture of **bacteria grows **exponentially. Every 16 hours, the bacteria double its size. So, the bacteria population will **triple **in **24 hours. **
Thus, the **time taken **for the **bacteria **to become triple is 24 hours.

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Answered by mahima6824soni | 2024-06-16

The bacteria will take approximately 24 hours to triple their size from the original population. This calculation is based on the fact that the bacteria double their size every 16 hours. Using exponential growth formulas, we derived this time requirement.
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Answered by mahima6824soni | 2024-12-23