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SOLVED: Give an example of how you calculated the concentration of viable cells from the number of colonies counted for your chosen dilution (plate). How do you calculate the concentration of viable cells?Group detailsTime (min)05101520304050Group 0 Dilution10^-2 (1 in 100) = 100Number of colonies58Concentration of viable cells (Number of colonies x Dilution x 10), in this example: 58 x 100 x 10 = 5.8 x 10^4Group 1Dilution1001010101111Number of colonies9825012097851020Concentration of viable cel

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