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A biologist is studying the growth of a bacterial colony on an agar plate. They measure the diameter of the colony as 3.5 mm after 24 hours. They need to report on the 'number, size, and scale' of this growth. Explain how the concepts of number, size, and scale relate to this measurement. [3 marks]

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A biologist is studying the growth of a bacterial colony on an agar plate. They measure the diameter of the colony as 3.5 mm after 24 hours. They need to report on the 'number, size, and scale' of this growth. Explain how the concepts of number, size, and scale relate to this measurement. [3 marks].

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