Answer to Question #126358 in General Chemistry for Hannah Ruth

Question

The density of a red blood cell is 1.096g/cm^3. In normal whole blood, there are about 5.40•10^9 red blood cells/cm^3. What is the volume of blood occupied by a single red blood cell?

Answer 1

1 cm³ contains 5.40 x 10⁹ red blood cells. In order to find the volume occupied by 1 cell, we need to divide:

1 / 5.40 x 10⁹ = 1.85 x 10^-10 cm³