Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2008

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    A bacterium divides after every 35 minutes. If a culture containing\[{{10}^{5}}\]cells per mL is grown, then cell concentration per mL after 175 minutes will be

    A)  \[175\times {{10}^{5}}\]      

    B)  \[125\times 10s\]

    C)  \[48\times {{10}^{5}}\]       

    D)  \[32\times {{10}^{5}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     Bacteria generally divides by binary fission, in this one cell divide to produce two cells \[1\times {{10}^{5}}cells\xrightarrow[1st\,div.]{{}}2\times {{10}^{5}}\xrightarrow[2\,nd\,div.]{{}}\] \[4\times {{10}^{5}}\xrightarrow[3rd\,div.]{{}}8\times {{10}^{5}}\xrightarrow[4th\,div.]{{}}16\times {{10}^{5}}\] \[\xrightarrow[5th\,div.]{{}}32\times {{10}^{5}}\] So cell concentration per mL after 17S minutes will be\[32\times {{10}^{5}}\].


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