A strain of bacteria doubles every 5.0 minutes. A single bacterium was place in a sealed Petri dish at 9AM. The agar in the Petri dish was completely covered at 10 AM. At what time was the agar only half covered?

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A strain of bacteria doubles every 5.0 minutes. A single bacterium was place in a sealed Petri dish at 9AM. The agar in the Petri dish was completely covered at 10 AM. At what time was the agar only half covered?

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