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a Glass jar holds a single germ after 1 minute it splits into 2 a minute after thethe 2 germs split again so 4 germs at this rate a single germ can multiply to fill the whole jar in1 hourif so how many minutes would it take to fill jar if you started with 2 germs
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59 minutes.
Starting with two germs is exactly the same as starting with one and waiting one minute until you start the clock.
16:33 Fri 24th Feb 2012