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- -- name: Metric Conversion 1
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- Convert each of the following:
- a. 1 micrometer = ? meters
- b. 10 micrometers = ? meters
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- The micrometer has a factor of 10-6 or 1 x 10-6. This means the number is 6 places to the right of the decimal point: 0.000001
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- a. 1 micrometer = 0.000001 meters
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- b. 10 micrometers = 0.000010 m
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- (m is the abbreviation for meters)
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- * Another way to work out conversions is to set up a ratio of comparison.
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- 1 micrometer is 10-6 meters as 10 micrometers is to x meters:
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- 1 x 10-6 x
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- Now, cross multiply and solve for x algebraically.
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- x = (10) ( 1 x 10-6)
- x = 1 x 10-5 meters or
- 0.000010
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- Metric Conversion 1
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- By checking the Metric Prefixes section of stack Chem 101 you will find a micrometer has a factor of 10-6 or 1 x 10-6 meters.
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