An algebra problem by Aaysha Babu
Algebra
Level
2
john put a bacterium which doubles its no. during one minute in a beaker at ''1.01'' and he found that at 2'0' clock the beaker was filled .After how many minutes the bacteria fills the half beaker!
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1 solution
Since the bacteria doubles every minute and also since at the 6 0 t h minute the jar is full , at the 5 9 t h minute the jar must have been half full.