1 minute to fill half of the jar. how long does it take to fill the entire jar?
2006-07-05 04:16:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
One minute and one second (61 seconds).
Reason: It takes 1 minute to fill half the jar. However, the bateria doubles every second. So each of the bacteria filling half the jar multiplies itself into two bateria -- thus doubling the size and filling the jar -- in one additional second.
2006-07-05 04:19:11 · answer #1 · answered by FriendlyHelper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as ONE BACTERIA and TWO BACTERIAS: gramatically you should speak of ONE BACTERIUM and TWO BACTERIA. Aside from that, if the jar is half-filled after one minute and the population doubles each second, the jar is filled after SIXTY-ONE SECONDS.
2006-07-12 04:23:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
y = 2^x
(1/2)y = 2^x
y = 2^(x + 1)
since it took 60 seconds(1 minute) to fill it half full, it will only take it another second to fill it all the way.
61 seconds or 1 minute and 1 second
2006-07-05 15:32:50 · answer #3 · answered by Sherman81 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
61 seconds
2006-07-05 12:10:13 · answer #4 · answered by i luv the word awsome 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only one second more. That is just a minute and a second!
2006-07-05 11:34:36 · answer #5 · answered by Tauba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how big is the jar.
2006-07-05 11:21:56 · answer #6 · answered by kameron_richardson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not calculateable , it depends on the jar volume as well ..
2006-07-05 11:21:09 · answer #7 · answered by Sara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
61 seconds--just math
2006-07-05 11:19:52 · answer #8 · answered by PurpleGirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if all the bacteria's are horny at the same time it wont take any longer than 1min1sec !!
2006-07-05 11:21:26 · answer #9 · answered by fcksum1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a minut and a half?
2006-07-05 11:18:58 · answer #10 · answered by MARIA G. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋