Question

A species of bacteria is 10 micrometers long. A virus is 10,000 times smaller than bacteria. a. Using the table above, find the length of the virus in meters. Write the answer as a power. The virus is meter long

Answer 1

Since the bacteria is 10^-6 m long and the virus is 10^4 times smaller, the virus is (10^-6)/(10^4) m or 10^-10 m or 10 angstroms or 0.1 nanometers