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A student stained an onion root tip to observe cells undergoing mitosis. They counted 200 cells in total, and 20 of these cells were observed to be in anaphase. If the entire cell cycle takes 10 hours, calculate the approximate duration of anaphase in this tissue. Show your working. [4 marks]

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A student stained an onion root tip to observe cells undergoing mitosis. They counted 200 cells in total, and 20 of these cells were observed to be in anaphase. If the entire cell cycle takes 10 hours, calculate the approximate duration of anaphase in this tissue. Show your working. [4 marks].

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