An average count of 42 cells/mm² grid is counted in a hemocytometer for a 2.5 ml suspension of cells.
1. What is the cell concentration of the suspension?
2. Approximately how many cells are in the entire sample? Show your calculation.
3. 8 dishes of cells at 1.2 x 10^5 cells/dish are needed for an experiment. How many ml of the suspension will be needed for the experiment? Are there enough cells? Show your calculation.
4. How many cells would have to be actually added to a plate (this is usually called "seed") to begin a culture with 3.5 x 10^5 cells/dish, if the line of cells is known to have a plating efficiency of 65%? Show your calculation. *Plating efficiency refers to the % of cells that can survive after being seeded in a culture container.