SOLUTION: In Bio 111 you learned that human hair can vary in diameter, but one estimate of the average diameter is 50 microns, how many 10-nanometer particles could be stacked across the dia

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Question 1036172: In Bio 111 you learned that human hair can vary in diameter, but one estimate of the average diameter is 50 microns, how many 10-nanometer particles could be stacked across the diameter of a human hair?
Found 2 solutions by Aldorozos, stanbon:
Answer by Aldorozos(172) About Me  (Show Source):
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50 microns equivalent of 50,000 nanometer
http://www.unitconversion.org/length/microns-to-nanometers-conversion.html
50,000/10 = 5000

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In Bio 111 you learned that human hair can vary in diameter, but one estimate of the average diameter is 50 microns, how many 10-nanometer particles could be stacked across the diameter of a human hair?
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50 microns = 50*10^-6 = 5.0*10-5
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10 nanometers = 10*10^-9 = 1*10^-8
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Ans::: (5*10-5)/(10^-8) = 5*10^3 = 5000
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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