Question

write an equivalency statement relating picoliters and hectoliters. reference \powers of ten\ by clicking on the \chemistry resources\ link at the top - left of the page.

• write a 1 in front of the larger unit
• determine the power of 10 for each prefix
• subtract the small power of 10 from the large power of 10

1 x 10 - =

• write the power of 10 calculated above in front of the smaller unit. enter the number in standard scientific notation if the number is too large.
• make sure to enter the power into the blank in the \e\ form. for example, if your power is 10^5 enter 1e5 into the blank.
• write the larger unit on the left of the equal sign and smaller unit on the right.
• if you need the greek letter mu, copy and paste the symbol below

Explanation:

Step1: Identify prefix - powers

The prefix "pico -" has a power of $10^{- 12}$ and "hecto -" has a power of $10^{2}$. The larger unit is hectoliter.

Step2: Subtract powers

Subtract the power of the smaller - unit prefix from the power of the larger - unit prefix. So, $2-(-12)=2 + 12=14$.

Answer:

$1$ hectoliter $=1\times10^{14}$ picoliters or $1$ hL $=1e14$ pL