Question

Suppose that, from measurements in a microscope, you determine that a certain bacterium covers an area of 1.50 μm2. Convert this to square meters.

Answer 1

1 m = 1 000 000 ym

converted other way we can say that:

1 ym = $10^{-6}$ m

Now, since we have ym^2 which is ym*ym which means:
1 ym^2 = $(10^{-6}) ^2 = 10^{-12}$ m

we have 1,5 ym^2 which means that answer is:
$1.5* 10^{-12} m$