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An investigator has reported the data tabulated below for an experiment to determine the growth rate of bacteria k (per d), as a function of oxygen concentration
where
c | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4 |
y | 1.1 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 8.9 |
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