A glass jar holds a single germ. After one minute, the germ splits

59 minutes

desu oreginal

YOU LIGHT THE MATCH FIRST
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE PROFESSOR, NEXT QUESTION

58 minutes

read carefully

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>>37428135
It's not fun when people solve them so fast

Is the second starting germ actually in the jar?

>>37428169
I don't see where else it would be.

>>37428113
59 minutes
This is elementary school math

>tfw brainlet who thought itd be 30 minutes

>>37428186
The table, the floor, in a refrigerator, on my penis, the OP doesn't specify

>>37428113
WOUldnt it be half the time for a single germ? So 30 minutes desu

Easy

>>37428356
The answer is 59 minutes.

It takes one minute for a single germ to split into two. Therefore, starting with two germs instead of one only saves you one minute.

>>37428247
My apologies, I should have been more clear. The second germ starts out in the jar with the first germ.

>>37428404
But after a minute you get 4 germs instead of just 2. Two germs will fill up two jars in 60 minutes.
What a dumb riddle, of course the answer is 30 minutes.

>>37428558
15 minutes, because of logs and shit.

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>>37428206
I dont undurstand brother why is it not 30 minutes?

>>37429307
Because it takes one minute for the germ to reach the criteria that took an hour.

If we skip the first minute and just start off from that point instead, it will take 1 minute less. 1 hour minus a minute is 60-1=59

A lake has a small group of lily pads. Everyday they cover two times more of the lake than the day prior. It takes 48 days for the lily pads to cover the entire lake.

How many days did it take to cover half of the lake?

>>37430670
47
same question as op, idiot

>>37430670
47 days. Fuck you niggers.

>tfw not as stupid as some of the people in this thread

>>37430789
No, it's not. If you can read, you'd see that it isn't.