The doubling time of a type of bacteria is 35 minutes. if every bacterium reproduces, then after 35 minutes a population of 64 b

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The doubling time of a type of bacteria is 35 minutes. if every bacterium reproduces, then after 35 minutes a population of 64 b

acteria will have grown approximately to what size

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ahrayia [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-25T00:49:18+03:00

Approximately the size of bacteria will grow to 128 bacteria if 64 bacteria will reproduce after 35 minutes. They will only reproduce once in 35 minutes. 
A bacteria will usually reproduce or grow by dividing into two this is called a binary fission. On the above situation, 64 bacteria will reproduce also a 64 bacteria which has the total of 128.