Question

A bacterium having doubling time of 6 minutes takes 3 hours to fill a vessel completely. How much time will it take to fill half of this vessel -
a) 3 hours 6 minutes
b) 3 hours
c) 6 hours
d) 2 hours 54 minutes​

Answer 1

time taken to fill = 180 mins

therefore , times multipy is 180/6 = 30

so in 29×6=174 mins will be taken to fill the vessel half