Question

You determine there are 200 bacteria in 100 mL of broth. How many bacteria are in 1mL of the broth?
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Answer 1

Answer:

2

Explanation:

$\frac{bacteria}{broth}= \frac{200}{100}$

$\frac{200}{100} = 2$

There should be 2 bacteria per 1ml of broth.

Answer 2

Answer:

2 bacteria

Explanation:

From the question given, we obtained the following information:

200 bacteria are present in 100mL of broth.

Therefore, X bacteria will be present in 1mL of broth i.e

X bacteria = 200/100

X bacteria = 2

Therefore, there are 2 bacteria in 1mL of broth