Question

Suppose there is one member of a particular kind of organism in a culture dish, which doubles itself in one hour through asexual reproduction. Work out the number of members of that kind of organism which will be present in the culture dish after ten hours. Such a colony of individuals arising from one parent is called a “clone'.

Answer 1

doubles in 1 HR. so it is x^2 n in 10 hrs. it will be. x^20 hope this helps

Answer 2

Dear Student,

◆ Answer -

Number of organisms = 1024

● Explanation -

# Given -

No of initial organisms, N0 = 1

Doubling time of organism, T = 1 hour

Time for culture, t = 10 hours

# Solution -

No of organisms after time t is given by formula -

N = N0 × 2^(t/T)

Substitute values,

N = 1 × 2^(10/1)

N = 1 × 2^10

N = 1024 organims

Therefore, after 10 hr culture, number of members of organism species will be 1024.

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