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Twice the number in the cell. So if the cell normally has 46 chromosomes, such as in somatic human cells, the dividing cell would have 92 chromosomes just before division. With germ cells such as sperm and egg this would be half that. Sperm and egg cells in humans would contain 23 chromosomes and 46 just before division.

With N representing the number of chromosomes in an organism:
Mitosis (somatic cells) 2N -> 4N division -> 2N

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