SOLUTION: Rhinoviruses, which are the leading cause of the common cold, have a diameter of 20 nanometers(20 × 10−9meter). Pneumococcus, a bacterium causing pneumonia, measures about 1
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Question 985886: Rhinoviruses, which are the leading cause of the common cold, have a diameter of 20 nanometers(20 × 10−9meter). Pneumococcus, a bacterium causing pneumonia, measures about 1 micron(10−6meter) in diameter. How many times as large in diameter as the virus is the bacterium?
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Rhinoviruses, which are the leading cause of the common cold, have a diameter of 20 nanometers(20 × 10−9meter). Pneumococcus, a bacterium causing pneumonia, measures about 1 micron(10−6meter) in diameter. How many times as large in diameter as the virus is the bacterium?
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1e-6/20e-9 = (1/20)e3 = 0.05*1000
= 50 times
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50 times the diameter --> ~125000 times the volume
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