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a petri dish hosts a healthy colony of bacteria.once a minute every bacterium divides into two.the colony was founded by a single cell at noon.at exactly 12.43(43 minutes later) the petri dish was half full.at what time the dish will be full?
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- @ 12:44 as after 1 min bacteria goes double
- 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(51) No(1)
- at 44th min the dish will fill....
It is given that Bacteria divides into 2 once in a min., At 12.43 the dish was half full and the next min i.e., at 12.44 the dish will be full - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(10) No(0)
- ans 12:44
at the time of 12:43 dish was half full
and after every 1 mint it become double so
next 1 min dish will full. - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(0)
- 12:44
it get full in the next min
- 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(0)
- : Given that the bacteria doubles for every one minute,
After 43 minutes it was half full,
It will become full in the next minute i.e. at12:44 or after
44 minutes
- 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(0)
- 1:23
43+43=86 mins
12:00 +86 mins=1:23 - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(25)
- 12:44 the patri dish wl full
- 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- 12:44(44 minutes later)
- 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- 12:44 coz
at 12:43 its was half of dish n
at 12:44 it will be twice the bacteria at 12:43 - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- 1 min
becoz for every 1 min the bacteria doubles - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
- The answer would be 12:44, coz after each second the amount of bacteria doubles. So if the container is filled half at an instant, after a second they will get double.
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- in 43 minutes half of the dish is fill up with (2^43)
so in next half minute it produces same number so dish will fill completely
time=12.43 hour,30 seconds - 6 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
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