SOLUTION: Assume that the volume of the earth is 5 x 10^14 cubic meters and the volume of a bacterium is 2.5 x 10^-16 cubic meters. If the earth could be filled with bacteria, how many would
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Question 279100: Assume that the volume of the earth is 5 x 10^14 cubic meters and the volume of a bacterium is 2.5 x 10^-16 cubic meters. If the earth could be filled with bacteria, how many would it contain? (Round to one decimal place.)
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The earth would contain bacterium.
The formula is
5 / 2.5 = 2
/ is equal to which becomes which becomes .
your answer is therefore 2 * .
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