A cell divides every one minute. At this rate of cell division it can fill a 100ml of beaker in one hour. How much time does it take to fill a 50ml of beaker?

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A cell divides every one minute. At this rate of cell division it can fill a 100ml of beaker in one hour. How much time does it take to fill a 50ml of beaker? (A) 29 minutes (B) 30 minutes (C) 59 minutes (D) 60 minutes

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Bacteria divide every 1 minute. It means the generation time of bacteria is 60 seconds. It is given that it takes 60 minutes to fill a beaker. Thus after one hour the beaker will be completely filled. Hence half of the beaker i.e. 50 ml will be filled in 59 minutes.

Q. A cell divides every one minute. At this rate of cell division it can fill a 100ml of beaker in one hour. How much time does it take to fill a 50ml of beaker?

29 minutes

30 minutes

59 minutes

60 minutes

Bacteria divide every 1 minute. It means the generation time of bacteria is 60 seconds. It is given that it takes 60 minutes to fill a beaker. Thus after one hour the beaker will be completely filled. Hence half of the beaker i.e. 50 ml will be filled in 59 minutes.