A cultureinitially has No numberof bacteria. At t = 1, time in hour, the numberof bacteria is measured to be 1/2No.If the rate of growth is proportional to the number of bacteria N(t) present at time t, determine the time necessary for the number of bacteria to triple.

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 A cultureinitially has No numberof bacteria. At t = 1, time in hour, the numberof
bacteria is measured to be 1/2No.If the rate of growth is proportional to the number
of bacteria N(t) present at time t, determine the time necessary for the number of
bacteria to triple. 

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Given- A culture initially has N0 number of bacteria. At t = 1, time in hours, the number of bacteria is measured to be 12N0.

To find- If the rate of growth is proportional to the number of bacteria Nt present at time t, determine the time necessary for the number of bacteria to triple. 

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