To estimate the time it takes for the population of a microorganism to reduce by half, we can convert the given time of 0.000027503 years into more understandable units, such as seconds, minutes, or hours.
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Convert years to seconds:
- There are about \(31,536,000\) seconds in a year (considering a year has 365 days).
- So, \(0.000027503\) years in seconds is: \[ 0.000027503 \text{ years} \times 31,536,000 \text{ seconds/year} \approx 866.4 \text{ seconds} \]
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Convert seconds to minutes:
- To convert seconds to minutes, divide by \(60\): \[ \frac{866.4 \text{ seconds}}{60} \approx 14.44 \text{ minutes} \]
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Round to the nearest whole number:
- 14.44 minutes can be rounded to about \(14\) minutes.
Thus, the best estimation of the time it takes for the population of the microorganism to reduce by half is approximately 14 minutes.
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