6. A bacteria is known to double every 20 minutes. How long will it take 5mg of bacteria to grow to 655,360 bacteria. Include an equation and do all work using logarithms. Guess and check will not be

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6. A bacteria is known to double every 20 minutes. How long will it take 5mg of bacteria to grow to
655,360 bacteria. Include an equation and do all work using logarithms. Guess and check will not be
awarded any marks.
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