imagine an empty glass, 9:00 o'clock the glass is filled by 1 bacteria 9;01 bacteria became 2, 9:02 bacteria became 4, 9:03 became 8, 9:04 became 16, 9:05 bacteria became 32 and it goes on and on. at exact 10:00 o'clock the glass was already full of bacteria.
question: what is the exact time when these bacterias filled the exact half amount of the glass?
2006-11-29 01:29:58 · 6 answers · asked by ryan g 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
9:59 was that time.
2006-11-29 01:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by sweetgal85 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would be half full at 9:59.
by simple analysis, it shows that the amount of bacteria in the glass doubles every minute. since the glass became full at 10:00, a minute prior to that, the number of the bacteria in the glass would be half of that amount.
2006-11-29 11:25:46 · answer #2 · answered by little_bigb0y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9:59
2006-11-29 20:10:54 · answer #3 · answered by diazon2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was at exact 9:59
2006-11-29 09:43:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
9:30
2006-11-29 19:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by von1979 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i think in my own analysis it is 9:45 wen the bacterias flled the exact half amount of the glass i hope it is ryt gudnyt
2006-11-29 10:19:33 · answer #6 · answered by Janine C 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋