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A certain bacterial culture is multiplying in a culture dish, doubling in size every 6 minutes. It takes exactly an hour to fill the whole dish. How long does it take to fill half the dish?

A54 minutes
B48 minutes
C30 minutes
D36 minutes

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1 hours to fill the dish
for 1/2 of the dish
think
1/2 times 2=2/2=1 so therefor it takes 1 less doubling so

60 mins
1 less double
(double is 6 mins so )
60-6=54
the answe ris 54 mins or a

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