A certain culture of the bacterium Streptococcus A initially has 8 bacteria and is observed to double every 1.5 hours.After how many hours will the bacteria count reach 10,000.
Set up the doubling times:
0 | 8
1.5 | 16
3 | 32
4.5 | 64
6 | 128
7.5 | 256
9 | 512
10.5 | 1024
12 | 2048
13.5 | 4096
15 | 8192
16.5 | 16384
So at time 16.5, we cross 10,000 bacteria.
Set up the doubling times:
0 | 8
1.5 | 16
3 | 32
4.5 | 64
6 | 128
7.5 | 256
9 | 512
10.5 | 1024
12 | 2048
13.5 | 4096
15 | 8192
16.5 | 16384
So at time 16.5, we cross 10,000 bacteria.