SOLUTION: Viruses are shaped like rods or spheres and can be as small as .01 microns in length. If they were placed in a row, how many of these viruses would it take to make a line a meter l

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Question 1065068: Viruses are shaped like rods or spheres and can be as small as .01 microns in length. If they were placed in a row, how many of these viruses would it take to make a line a meter long?
Answer by ikleyn(52817) About Me  (Show Source):
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All you need to know is: 

      Micron is a unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter.


1 micron = 10%5E%28-6%29 meter.

10%5E6 microns = 1 meter.

0.01 micron taken 100%2A10%5E6 times is equal to 1 meter.

Answer. 100 millions of viruses placed in a row make a line of 1 meter long.