SOLUTION: an amoeba propagates by simple division; each split takes 3 minutes to complete. When such an amoeba is put into a glass container with a nutrient fluid, the container is full of a

Question 338464: an amoeba propagates by simple division; each split takes 3 minutes to complete. When such an amoeba is put into a glass container with a nutrient fluid, the container is full of amoebas in one hour. how long would it take for the container to be filled if we start with not one amoeba, but two?
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an amoeba propagates by simple division; each split takes 3 minutes to complete. When such an amoeba is put into a glass container with a nutrient fluid, the container is full of amoebas in one hour. how long would it take for the container to be filled if we start with not one amoeba, but two?
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1 less division would be needed
--> 1 hr - 3 minutes
= 57 minutes
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