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In a chemostat, evaluate the dilution rate at the cell washout condition by applying Monod's model with the given set of data: \[{\mu _{\max }} = 1\,{h^{ - 1}};{Y_{\frac{X}{S}}} = 0.5\,g\,{g^{ - 1}};{K_S} = 0.2\,g\,{L^{ - 1}};{S_0} = 10\,g\,{L^{ - 1}}\]

A. \[1.00\,{h^{ - 1}}\]

B. \[0.49\,{h^{ - 1}}\]

C. \[0.98\,{h^{ - 1}}\]

D. \[1.02\,{h^{ - 1}}\]

Answer: Option C


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