Diploid corn cells contain 20 chromosomes. How many chromosomes would be found in a haploid corn cell?

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A haploid corn cell would contain half the number of chromosomes found in a diploid cell. Since diploid corn cells contain 20 chromosomes, a haploid corn cell would have:

20 chromosomes / 2 = 10 chromosomes.

So, the answer is 10.