E. coli bacteria swim by means of flagella that rotate about 100 times per second. A

Chapter 6, Problem 59

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E. coli bacteria swim by means of flagella that rotate about 100 times per second. A typical E. coli bacterium swims at 22 m/s, its flagella exerting a force of 0.57 pN to overcome the resistance due to its liquid environment. (a) Whats the bacteriums power output? (b) How much work would it do in traversing the 25-mm width of a microscope slide?

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