Question

Ten bacteria were inoculated into a rich medium if at the end of ten hours the total no of cells is 10000 then the no of generation is

Answer 1

Answer:

if the bacteria would be one then in the same time the bacteria at the end should be 1000.

but we cannot have 1000 bacteria. as bacteria increase in powers of 2.

so no of bacteria would have been 1024 and this would have taken 10 generations as 2^10= 1024.

so for 10 bacteria to form 10000 bacteria generations should be 10.