Question

a dish containing bacteria has a diameter of 0.0001 kilometer. the diameter of a bacterium is 10^{-16} kilometer. how many times as large is the diameter of the dish as the diameter of the bacterium?

_ times as large

Explanation:

Step1: Convert 0.0001 a notación científica

$0.0001 = 10^{-4}$

Step2: Calcular el factor de aumento

Dividimos el diámetro del plato entre el diámetro de la bacteria. $\frac{10^{-4}}{10^{-16}}$. Usando la regla de exponentes $\frac{a^m}{a^n}=a^{m - n}$, tenemos $10^{-4-(-16)}=10^{-4 + 16}=10^{12}$.

Answer:

$10^{12}$