You have 100ml of a bacterial culture. After diluting your culture 1x10^5 times you counted 42 cfu. What was the cell density of your bacterial culture (in cfu/ml). Use only one formula (rearrange/combine known formulas), round to a whole number, do not write in scientific notation. The cell density of my bacterial culture was cfu/ml.

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You have 100ml of a bacterial culture. After diluting your culture 1x10^5 times you counted 42 cfu. What was the cell density of your bacterial
culture (in cfu/ml). Use only one formula (rearrange/combine known formulas), round to a whole number, do not write in scientific notation.
The cell density of my bacterial culture was
cfu/ml.
Transcribed Image Text:You have 100ml of a bacterial culture. After diluting your culture 1x10^5 times you counted 42 cfu. What was the cell density of your bacterial culture (in cfu/ml). Use only one formula (rearrange/combine known formulas), round to a whole number, do not write in scientific notation. The cell density of my bacterial culture was cfu/ml.
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