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2. A culture medium was inoculated with 500 cells and incubated for 2 hours where they grow at the rate of 0.049 generations
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Nt= N0e^rt

Nt= number of cells after time t,

t= time

r= growth rate

here

N0= 500

t= 2 hours= 2\times60=120 minutes

r= 0.049 per minute

Nt= 500 \times e^(120 \times 0.049)

=178904.6 cells

number of cells after 2 hours= 178904.6 cells

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