Spreading Bacteria

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Section: Brain Teasers Category: Deduction

Difficulty: Easy

At 12 PM a scientist put a bacteria in a container. The bacteria reproduce by splitting every minute into two. If at exactly 1 PM the container was full, at what time was it half-full?

SOLUTION

Since every minute the bacteria double their quantity, the container was half-full at 12:59 PM.

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