Question

Calculate the final population of bacteria by binary fission after 2 hours if initial size is 3*10^4 cells.The generation time is 20 minutes

Answer 1

2 hours = 60 * 2 = 120 minutes
120/20 = 6

Final bacterial population = 3*10^4 * 2^6 = 192*10^4 = 1.92 million bacteria