Question

if 10 cells undergo 10 mitotic divisions each, total number of cells formed are ?​

Answer 1

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In mitosis, each cell divides into two. So starting from a single cell, the increase in a number of cells will occur as per the following progression- 1->2->4->8->16->32->64->128.

Thus a total of 7 divisions is required to produce 128 cells starting from a single cell or 2

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times the division.

Answer 2

The total number of cells formed is 10240.

• Mitosis is equation division in which 2 cells are formed from a single cell.
• 1 cell divide to form 2 daughter cells ---> 2 ----> 4, 4 ----> 8, 8 ----> 16, 16 ----> 32, 32 ----> 64, 64 ----> 128, 128 ----> 256, 256----> 512, 512 ----> 1024 cells.
• Total cells produced by 10 mitotic divisions can also be calculated as 2^10 = 1024 cells.
• Now, 1 cell undergo 10 mitotic division to produce 1024 cells.
• So, 10 cells undergo 10 mitotic divisions to produce 10 × 1024 = 10240 cells.

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