document.write( "Question 894148: Modern personal computers can perform one operation in 5*10^-10 second. How many operations can such a computer perform in 1 minute? answer in scientific notation. \n" ); document.write( "
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Modern personal computers can perform one operation in 5*10^-10 second. How many operations can such a computer perform in 1 minute? answer in scientific notation.
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\n" ); document.write( "Secs/op = 5e-10
\n" ); document.write( "Ops/sec = 1/5e-10 = 0.2e10 = 2e9
\n" ); document.write( "Times 60 = 120e9 = 1.2e11
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