Population growth in a finite environment. Bacteria reproduce themselves by simp
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Question
Population growth in a finite environment. Bacteria reproduce themselves by simply dividing. If you start with 1 bacteriaum, it will divide into 2; they will divide into 4, then into 8, and so forth. since each population doubling occurs in the same time interval, this is an exponential process. Suppose that some strain of bacteria has a dividing time of 1 minute, you put 1 bacterium into a bottle at 11am and at noon you note that the bottle is full of bacteria. The bottle was half full when?
Please show steps to how you got the answer of the time please.
Explanation / Answer
2^59 = 2^(time period)
Time period = 59 tells 59 minutes past 11 am. So, 11:59 am