A bacterial culture has 500 cells initially and 2 , 000 cells 6 hours later

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Problem

A bacterial culture has 500 cells initially and 2{,}000 cells 6 hours later. Assuming continuous exponential growth, determine the growth rate constant kk (in h−1\text{h}^{-1}, rounded to three decimal places).

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