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 will the dish be full?
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Bacteria? Yuk!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. 6 guesses to Bacteria? Yuk! |
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12:44
Congratulations Chris, you’re correct. If they’re doubling every minute and the dish is half full, in one more minute it will be full.
You are today’s winner!
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12:44
But i have a question
How can u actually solve this via a formula
A mathematical solution
Pls answer im curious
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