Neco Model Questions Vol1 2017 Biology Question 42
Practice objective / multiple choice question 42 from the 2017 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.
A bacterial culture starts with 5 × 10³ cells. After 2 h the population has risen to 4 × 10⁵ cells, indicating exponential growth. (a) Determine the generation time (in minutes). (b) After 3 h a bacteriostatic antibiotic is added, reducing the growth rate by 30 %. Assuming the reduced rate continues, what will be the population size after a total of 8 h?
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This is Neco Model Questions Vol1 2017 Biology Question 42. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.
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