Question

During tissue culture of a certain organism, the number of cells triple every hour. If we start with 1 cell, how many cells will develop in the culture dish after 3 hours?

Answer 1

Answer:

512

Explanation:

As per the given information cells divides thrice in one hour hence total number of divisions are 9 and during each division one cell is divided into two cells.

Hence total number of cells formed are 512 as per the below calculation:

1 ------2-----4-----8  in first hour.

8-----16----32----64 in second hour.

64-----128---256----512 in third hour