During tissue culture of a certain organism, the number of cells double every hour. If we start with 1 cell, how many cells will develop in the culture dish after

(a) 5 hours
(b) 10 hours
(c) 15 hours

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Solution

(a) Number of cells after 5 hours = 2⁵= 32
(b) Number of cells after 10 hours = 2¹⁰ =1,024
(c) Number of cells after 15 hours = 2¹⁵= 32,678

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During tissue culture of a certain organism, the number of cells double every hour. If we start with 1 cell, how many cells will develop in the culture dish after (a) 5 hours (b) 10 hours (c) 15 hours

(a) Number of cells after 5 hours = 25 = 32 (b) Number of cells after 10 hours = 210 =​ 1,024 (c) Number of cells after 15 hours = 215 = 32,678

During tissue culture of a certain organism, the number of cells double every hour. If we start with 1 cell, how many cells will develop in the culture dish after

(a) 5 hours
(b) 10 hours
(c) 15 hours

(a) Number of cells after 5 hours = 2⁵= 32
(b) Number of cells after 10 hours = 2¹⁰ =1,024
(c) Number of cells after 15 hours = 2¹⁵= 32,678