The Bacteriologist - How Big Was The Container
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the bacteriologist - how big was the container?
puzzle answer the bacteriologist problem - part 2 a scientist is experimenting with bacteria that are one micron in diameter and that reproduce by dividing every minute into two bacteria. at 12:00 pm, he puts a single organism in a container. at precisely 1:00 pm, the container is full. how big was the container? answer: the number of bacteria in the container is 2n where n is the number of minutes elapsed. the full container has 260 (two to the sixtieth power), or approximately 1.153�1018 bacteria. since one micron (one millionth of a meter) is 1�10-4 centimeters, each bacterium occupies a volume of about 1�10-12 cubic centimeters. multiplying times the number of organisms, we conclude that the container had a capacity of 1.153�106 cc or 1,153 liters. the container was slightly bigger than one cubic meter. 260 = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976
copyright 2004 - antonio zamora www.scientificpsychic.com
puzzle answer the bacteriologist problem - part 2 a scientist is experimenting with bacteria that are one micron in diameter and that reproduce by dividing every minute into two bacteria. at 12:00 pm, he puts a single organism in a container. at precisely 1:00 pm, the container is full. how big was the container? answer: the number of bacteria in the container is 2n where n is the number of minutes elapsed. the full container has 260 (two to the sixtieth power), or approximately 1.153�1018 bacteria. since one micron (one millionth of a meter) is 1�10-4 centimeters, each bacterium occupies a volume of about 1�10-12 cubic centimeters. multiplying times the number of organisms, we conclude that the container had a capacity of 1.153�106 cc or 1,153 liters. the container was slightly bigger than one cubic meter. 260 = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976
copyright 2004 - antonio zamora www.scientificpsychic.com
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