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 cociente

$\frac{10^{-4}}{10^{-16}}=10^{-4 - (-16)} = 10^{-4 + 16}=10^{12}$

Answer:

$10^{12}$