Question

A bacterial cell dividing every minute fills up a cup in 60 minutes. What time would it take to fill half the cup?

Answer 1

A bacterial cell dividing every minute fills up a cup in 60 minutes. 30 min it would take to fill half the cup

Answer 2

In 59 th minute the cup will be half filled , beacuse evry minute cell is dividing and becoming double.

so, in 59 th minute cup will be half filled and in one minute every cell will become double.so cup will be filled in 60th minute


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