Brain Teaser 5

[ctivnan]

There are two jars of equal capacity. In the first jar is one amoeba; in the second, two. An amoeba reproduces itself in three minutes. It takes the two amoebas in the second jar three hours to fill the jar to capacity.

How long does it take the amoeba in the first jar to fill that jar to capacity?

[seductive_lady]

6 hours??...

[humanrain2k]

Three hours and three minutes?

[seductive_lady]

There are two jars of equal capacity. In the first jar is one amoeba; in the second, two. An amoeba reproduces itself in three minutes. It takes the two amoebas in the second jar three hours to fill the jar to capacity.

How long does it take the amoeba in the first jar to fill that jar to capacity?

what's the correct answer here please....:yell:

[ctivnan]

:itshere:

Three hours and three minutes.

Once the amoeba in the first jar has reproduced itself (after three minutes), that jar is at the point where the second jar started. Throughout, it remains just three minutes behind its companion jar.

:smilie3: Cheers to humanrain!

[Zahir]

Wow! humanrain2k got the answer! Congrats!

[humanrain2k]

Thank you...