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-- card: 43590 from stack: in
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-- background id: 44309
-- 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
a. 1 micrometer = 0.000001 meters
b. 10 micrometers = 0.000010 m
(m is the abbreviation for meters)
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* Another way to work out conversions is to set up a ratio of comparison.
1 micrometer is 10-6 meters as 10 micrometers is to x meters:
1 10
________ = _________
1 x 10-6 x
Now, cross multiply and solve for x algebraically.
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.