Question

A bacterial cell makes binary fission many times and 16 calls are produced during two hours.What is the time taken by one binary fission? a)30 minutes

b)60 minutes
c)45 minutes
d)20 minutes

Answer 1

A) 30 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

First we will calculate number of division times it will be 16 log/2log =4

then we will divide total time by number of division 120÷4=30

Answer 2

d) 20 minutes


explanation: 16/2 =8

which means 8 cells in 1 hr

60/8 = 7.5 so therefor about 20 mins.