13. One of the world's smallest flowering plants, Wolffia globosa (Figure 13), has a doubling time of approx- imately 30 hours (h). Find the growth constant k and determine the initial population if the population grew to 1000 after 48 h. FIGURE 13 tiny plants are Wolffia, with plant bodies smalle than cad of a pin. (Gerald D. Carr)

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13. One of the world's smallest flowering plants, Wolffia globosa (Figure 13), has a doubling time of approx-
imately 30 hours (h). Find the growth constant k and determine the initial population if the population grew
to 1000 after 48 h.
FIGURE 13
tiny plants are Wolffia, with plant bodies smalle
than
cad of a pin. (Gerald D. Carr)
Transcribed Image Text:13. One of the world's smallest flowering plants, Wolffia globosa (Figure 13), has a doubling time of approx- imately 30 hours (h). Find the growth constant k and determine the initial population if the population grew to 1000 after 48 h. FIGURE 13 tiny plants are Wolffia, with plant bodies smalle than cad of a pin. (Gerald D. Carr)
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