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

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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.

$\frac{1}{24} \cdot 100 % = 4.17 %$ $1/24*100%=4.17%$

Feb 9, 2018

It should be $\approx 4.167 %$ $~~4.167%$

Explanation:

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

$\frac{1}{24} = 0.041 ¯ ¯¯ ¯ 66$ $1/24=0.041bar66$

Turn into a percent:

About $4.167 %$ $4.167%$

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