The mitotic phase of the human cell cycle takes approximately 1 hour. What percentage of the 24-hour cell cycle is the mitotic phase?

2 Answers
Feb 9, 2018

Divide the amount of time the mitotic phase takes by the # of hours in the cell cycle, multiply by 100% to get the answer.

124100%=4.17%

Feb 9, 2018

It should be 4.167%

Explanation:

Since the phase takes about 1 hour, and the cell cycle takes 24 hours, you divide 1 by 24.

124=0.041¯¯¯¯66

Turn into a percent:

About 4.167%