Starting with a fertilized egg (zygote, a series of five cell divisions would produce an early embryo with how many cells? starting with a fertilized egg (zygote, a series of five cell divisions would produce an early embryo with how many cells? 32 16 4 8 64

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Brandon Wilkins

25 September, 22:44

Starting with a fertilized egg (zygote, a series of five cell divisions would produce an early embryo with how many cells? starting with a fertilized egg (zygote, a series of five cell divisions would produce an early embryo with how many cells? 32 16 4 8 64

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Jake Macdonald · Answer 1

Every time a cell divides, the number of cells doubles. Therefore, in order to calculate the number of cells that will be present after n divisions, we may use:

number = 2ⁿ

Here, n = 5. Thus,

2⁵

= 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2

= 32

The number of cells that result will be 32