SOLUTION: the human brain has 10 million nerve cells and the average cell has 200 billion molecules. What is the number of molecules in a nerve cell?
10cells = 200 billion molecules
?m=1
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Question 117450: the human brain has 10 million nerve cells and the average cell has 200 billion molecules. What is the number of molecules in a nerve cell?
10cells = 200 billion molecules
?m=10 (200m)
? = 2000 billion
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Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
million nerve cells
average cell has billion molecules
in Scientific Notation this will be:
since and , we will have:
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