Bio question..see if you can answer

[thefifthbeatle]

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There is a bacteria in a bucket of water that doubles every 1 min. At 20 min, the bucket is full of bacteria and therefore there is no room for reproduction. At what time is the bucket HALF FULL?

I know the answer, just see if you know...it's a good thinking problem.

 

[PD3]

19min?

 

[Danny289]

There is a bacteria in a bucket of water that doubles every 1 min. At 20 min, the bucket is full of bacteria and therefore there is no room for reproduction. At what time is the bucket HALF FULL?

I know the answer, just see if you know...it's a good thinking problem.

PD3 is 100% right 19 mins
because in next minute(20th minute) it will be twice and full bucket.

 

[thefifthbeatle]

PD3 is 100% right 19 mins
because in next minute(20th minute) it will be twice and full bucket.

Exactly!!! Most people say 10 min....This is trickery!!!!!! (I even had someone seriously say 13 min once.....13 min!!???)

 

[Toothguy80]

1min.....2min.....3min.....4min.....5min....6min.....7min.....8min.....9min.....10min
2.........4..........8.......16.........32........64......128......256.......512......1024

11min.....12min......13min.......14min......15min......16min.......17min.......18min
2048.......4096........8192.......16384.......32768.....65536......131072......262144

19min.............20min.
524288.........1048576

1048576 / 2 = 52488 which is 19 mins

 

[hokie4life]

👍good question

i thought it was so easy and did it really fast and picked 10 and then read 19 and stopped to think and was like ohhhh yea!

lol gotta slow down and actally think for a second sometimes otherwise these tricks will get you


good questions though! thanks for the post 🙂

 

[IsRaEl21]

nice question, do u have some more of them ?

 

[Ex_EE]

Not a bad question, but you do realize that it is more of a math question than a bio question right?

 

[Toothguy80]

I have a question for you all?

What is 4.5 hours long, makes life literally hell, consists of 6 God damn sections and makes people go psychotic?

I'll sell my soul if anyone can get it right?

 

[Streetwolf]

I have a question for you all?

What is 4.5 hours long, makes life literally hell, consists of 6 God damn sections and makes people go psychotic?

I'll sell my soul if anyone can get it right?

Bio lab?

 

[Toothguy80]

Come on man, I can't believe u got it wrong....

guess again.....

 

[thefifthbeatle]

DAT come on that was easy!!

 

[thefifthbeatle]

Not a bad question, but you do realize that it is more of a math question than a bio question right?

Well yeah, it could also be a chem half life type question. Half goes away each minute.....instead of doubling every minute

 

[Toothguy80]

thank you

 

[thefifthbeatle]

Another "BIO" one

A doctor gives a patient two bottles of pills with two pills inside of each of them (total of 4 pills). The patient must have one of each today, and one of each tomorrow or face death. Although they look, feel, taste, and smell EXACTLY alike, they have much different medications in them. The clumsy patient drops ALL four on the ground by accident after getting home and they are randomly mixed up. He picks up all four and has no idea which two to take today and two to take tomorrow. How will he take his proper medication??

 

[Toothguy80]

Swallow all four

 

[circumspect]

Break them all in half, and eat one set of halves. 😀

 

[Streetwolf]

Come on man, I can't believe u got it wrong....

guess again.....

It was a joke.

 

[circumspect]

I'd like to change my answer to panic, go to a titty bar and strangle a hooker.