Question

A lab technician is dividing a cell that has a diameter of 4.32×10^-4 millimeters. Each of the new cells has a diameter measuring exactly one half of the diameter of the original cell. Which is the diameter of the new cell???

Answer 1

Answer:

$2.16 \times {10}^{ - 4}$

Step-by-step explanation:

The lab technician is dividing a cell that has a diameter of

$4 .32 \times {10}^{ - 4}$

The new cells has a diameter that is half of the diameter of the original cell.

The diameter of the new cell is given as:

$\frac{4.32 \times {10}^{ - 4} }{2}$

Rewrite the numerator in standard notation:

$\frac{0.000432}{2}$

$= 0.00216$

We rewrite in scientific notation to obtain:

$2.16 \times {10}^{ - 4}$