2007-01-16 01:40:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Bacteria grows at such a fast rate that the graph of the rate would be difficult to draw as the y-axis (amount of bacteria) versus x-axis (time) wouldn't fit on standard graph paper. Logarithmic representation squashes the y-axis to make it easier to view and understand.
2007-01-16 01:46:05 · answer #1 · answered by sleakitweasel1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Logarithmic Growth Curve
2016-12-08 18:45:43 · answer #2 · answered by shorb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's easier/more straightforward, due to a bacterias growth being exponential. They go from being 1 cell to 100,000 cells relatively fast.
Logarithms a best used when recording figures with a ~huge~ amount of varience in the numbers (when your using figures from hundreds all the way up to billions/trillions as opposed to close together numbers, such as '2, 5, 18, 29, etc').
The only real advantage is if you know what logorithms mean/how to use them mind... They give me headaches at times! :-P
2007-01-16 01:44:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bacteria in maximal growth phase expand according to a geometric progression. Geometric progressions can be made linear on paper by plotting on a log scale.
2007-01-16 02:29:40 · answer #4 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋