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Question 119479: Good evening ma'am or sir, please help on how to solve this problem involving expressions with exponents. I tried to multiply 1 000 000 and 4.7*10^-1, I don't know if that one I did was correct.
2). A meter is equal to 1 000 000 microns. Blue light has a wavelength of 4.7*10^-1 micron. Express this wavelength in meters.

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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A meter is equal to 1 000 000 microns. Blue light has a wavelength of 4.7*10^-1 micron. Express this wavelength in meters.
Using the conversion unit (1 meter/10^6 microns) you get the following:
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4.7*10^-1 micron(1 meter/1,000,000 micron)
= (4.7*10^-1/10^6)meters
= 4.7*10^-7 meters
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Cheers,
Stan H.