Find how much time it will take of these bacteria to multiply into
bacteria.
The generation time G can be found using
Where,
\t is the time period.
\b is the number of bacteria at the beginning of the experiment.
\f is the number of bacteria at the end of the experiment.
\The generation time for mycobacterium tuberculosis is hours.
Substitute ,
and
in
.
The power property of logarithm : .
The property of logarithm : .
Time it will take of these bacteria to multiply into
bacteria is
hours.
Time it will take of these bacteria to multiply into
bacteria is
hours.