a mammalian stem cell line has a doubling time of 24 hours. if you start with 350,000 of these cells, approximately how many cel

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ls would be present after 60 hours of growth?

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dedylja [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-08T03:31:17+03:00

After 60 hours of growth, there is approximately 2 million cells.

Let y represent the number of cell after x hours.

The bacteria doubles every 24 hours, also there are initially 350000 cells hence:

$y=350000(2)^\frac{x}{24}$

The number of cells after 60 hours is:

$y=350000(2)^\frac{x}{24}\\\\y=350000(2)^\frac{60}{24}\\\\y = 1979899$

Therefore after 60 hours of growth, there is approximately 2 million cells.