Question

How many times will the process of mitosis occur in the formation of 256 cells in a root tip from a single cell?

Answer 1

With every mitotic division, the cell number increases exponentially from the root tip.

2 raised to the power n = 256 cells where n is the number of divisions.

The value of n comes out to be 8.

So, the correct answer is 8 divisions a root cell will yield 256 cells.