document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=985886>Question 985886</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rhinoviruses, which are the leading cause of the common cold, have a diameter of 20 nanometers(20 × 10&#8722;9meter). Pneumococcus, a bacterium causing pneumonia, measures about 1 micron(10&#8722;6meter) in diameter. How many times as large in diameter as the virus is the bacterium?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1e-6/20e-9 = (1/20)e3 = 0.05*1000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 50 times<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "50 times the diameter --> ~125000 times the volume<BR>\n" );
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