A student used a light microscope to observe a slide of a growing garlic root tip. They counted a total of 94 cells. The table below shows the number of cells observed at each stage of the cell cycle.
| Stage of cell cycle | Number of cells |
|---|---|
| Interphase | 58 |
| Prophase | 11 |
| Metaphase | 7 |
| Anaphase | 13 |
| Telophase | 5 |
Use the following equation to calculate the mitotic index for this slide.
mitotic index=number of cells in mitosistotal number of cells×100 \text{mitotic index} = \frac{\text{number of cells in mitosis}}{\text{total number of cells}} \times 100 mitotic index=total number of cellsnumber of cells in mitosis×100Give your answer to three significant figures.