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Bacteria Growth Bacteria are growing in a culture. The time t (in hours) for the bacteria...

Bacteria Growth Bacteria are growing in a culture. The time t (in hours) for the bacteria to double in number (the generation time) is a function of the temperature T (in °C) of the culture. If this function is given by1

(a) determine the domain of f and


(b) find f(30), f(36), and f(39).

1 Adapted from F.K.E. Imrie and A.J. Vlitos, “Production of Fungal Protein from Carob”, in Single-Cell-Protein II, ed. S.R. Tannenbaum and D.I.C. Wang (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1975).

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