A Common Inhabitant of Human Intestines Is the Bacterium Escherichia

question 22

Short Answer

A common inhabitant of human intestines is the bacterium Escherichia coli. A cell of this bacterium in a nutrient-broth medium divides into two cells every 20 minutes. The initial population of a culture is 25 cells. Find the number of cells after 5 hours.

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The additional output generated by employing one more unit of a certain input, such as labor or capital.

VMPL

The Value of Marginal Product of Labor, which is the additional value created by employing one more unit of labor.

Profit-maximizing

The process by which a firm determines the price and output level that generates the most profit.

MR

Marginal Revenue, which is the extra revenue that an organization receives from selling one more unit of a product.