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The rate of increase in the number of bacteria in a certain bacteria culture is proportional to the number present. Given that the number triples in 5 hours, find how many bacteria will be present after 10 hours ?

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Hence, the amount of bacteria will be present after 10 hours is 9 times the intial amount.
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