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We know that the bacteria doubles its volume in one minute. So, if it took the jar 1 hour to be full, we know that it it will take (1 hour - 1 min) i.e 59 mins for the jar to be half.

59 minutes. as 2 pow 60 = full jar, hence half jar = 2 pow 60/2 = 2 pow 59 -> 59 minutes

It takes 60 mins to fill the jar since bacteria doubles it's volume every 1min so to fill half the jar it takes 59 minutes

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2^60V=jar==>2^59=jar/2

59 minutes..Its like binary tree

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It will take 59 mimutes to fill half of the jar

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59 Minutes, As the volume gets doubled per minute.

59 minutes.

Reverse engineering ... One hour to fill the jar .. and it doubles ..
if it half then it takes 30 mins .. :)

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59 minutes is the correct answer. When I was asked this I was told that it was a worm that replicates vs bacteria. Now, assuming that we are starting with a single bacterium that replicates in the first minute N1, and by N60, the jar is full. How many worms or bacterium are there in the jar, in the 60th minute? If you want to really impress your audience, you should also be prepared to answer this question.

Hint: It's a very simple exponent

log(2^60) ~ 18, so that'll be ~10^18 = 1 quintillion bacteria. :)

The example of a beaker with a single bacterium in it. That divides and doubles itself. If you place the first bacterium into the beaker, how much time it takes to half full? And how much time it takes to full?

if we put the bacteria in 720 milliliter jar that you get the answer

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How could you all say that it wiil take 59 minute,...

It will take 30 minutes to fill the half of tbe jar because its volume is getting double every minute.

what if the question is modified this way?
I have an empty water bottle. I drop one worm inside the water bottle and it divides in half, and the following worms divide in half, and the bottle fills up in 30 seconds. How many seconds would it take the bottle to fill up if I originally dropped in two worms?