KVPY SA Exam 19-Nov-2017 Question Paper

Question : 79 of 80

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A single bacterium is actively growing in a medium that supports its growth to a number of 100 million. Assuming the division time of the bacterium as 3 hours and the life span of non-dividing bacteria as 5 hours, which ONE of the following represents the maximum number of bacteria that would be present at the end of 15 hour ?

Validate

Solution:

Time =

15/3=5

times division occur. No. of bacteria =

2^5 = 32

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