document.write( "Question 411901: A seed from an orchid has a mass of 10^-9 gram and is 10^13 times less massive than a seed from a giant fan palm. What is the mass of a seed from the giant fan palm? \n" ); document.write( "
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A seed from an orchid has a mass of 10^-9 gram and is 10^13 times less massive than a seed from a giant fan palm. What is the mass of a seed from the giant fan palm?
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\n" ); document.write( "If you mean the the fan palm seed is 10^13 times as massive:
\n" ); document.write( "1E-9 * 1E13 = 1E4 grams
\n" ); document.write( "or 10^4 grams
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\n" ); document.write( "This problem is poorly worded, it's the sort of gibberish you hear on TV often.
\n" ); document.write( "If the orchid seed were \"1 times less massive\", how much would that be?
\n" ); document.write( "Or if something is \"1 times slower\", how fast is that? It's zero, but you hear that something is \"100 times thinner\" than a human hair, which makes no sense at all. If it's 1 times thinner, it's already zero, so what does \"100 times thinner\" mean?
\n" ); document.write( "PS The palm seed is the coconut, and is about 22 pounds in this problem.\r
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