A virus population follows the law of exponential change. If between 9am and 11am, the population triples. a.) at what time should the population become 80 times what it was at 9am? b.) at 10pm what percentage of the virus population was present?

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A virus population follows the law of exponential change. If between 9am and 11am, the population triples. a.) at what time should the population become 80 times what it was at 9am? b.) at 10pm what percentage of the virus population was present?

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