SOLUTION: An ant is roughly 10^- 3 meters in length and the average human 1.7 meters. How many times longer is a human than an ant?

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: An ant is roughly 10^- 3 meters in length and the average human 1.7 meters. How many times longer is a human than an ant? This question is from textbook

Found 2 solutions by checkley77, edjones:
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
10^-3=.001
1.7/.001=1700 answer.
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
10^-3=1/10^3=1/1000
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1.7 / 1/1000
=1.7*1000=1700 times bigger
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Ed
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