A Test Tube Is Inoculated with 1 × 103 Cells

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Multiple Choice

A test tube is inoculated with 1 × 103 cells of a bacterial strain that has a generation time of 30 minutes.The carrying capacity of the test tube for this strain is 6 × 109 cells.What will the bacterial population be after 90 minutes of culturing?

• A)1 × 10¹²
• B)1 × 10⁹
• C)3 × 10³
• D)8 × 10³

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