SOLUTION: How would you produce a 10^-2 dilution of a 5mL bacterial sample using the full 5 mL volume?

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Question 289800: How would you produce a 10^-2 dilution of a 5mL bacterial sample using the full 5 mL volume?
Answer by Deina(147) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
+10%5E%28-2%29+ equals +1%2F100+ or 0.01, so in order to dilute the sample we need to divide the sample by the dilution:
+5%2F0.01+=+500mL+

so the final dilution will be 500mL and bob's your uncle!