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Introduction To Physics
B. Fill in the blanks. Express your answers in the standard form of scientific notation.
1. 4.75 mL = 4.75x10-3 L = 4.75x10-6kL
2. 7.11 Mm = 7.11x106 m = 7.11x1012 μm
3. 5.12 μs = 5.12x10-6 s = 5.12x10-15Gs
4. 4.08 × 103 pg = 4.08x10-9 g = 4.08x10-11hg
5. 45.08 Ts = 4.508x1013 s = 4.508x1019ms
1 gal
volume=1 oz × =7.81×10−3 gal
128 oz
−3 3.785 ×10−3 m 3 −5 3
7.81 ×10 gal × =2.97 ×10 m
1 gal
1 mL
2.97 ×10−5 m 3 × =29.7 mL
10−6 m 3
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2. Suppose a man’s scalp hair grows at a rate of 0.35 mm per day. What is this growth in (a)
nanometers per hour? (b) inches per year? (c) feet per century?
0.001 m
0.35 mm × =0.00035m
1 mm
1,000,000,000 nm
0.00035 m× =350,000 nm
1m
24 hours
1 day × =24 hour
1 day
350,000 nm
=14,583.33 nm per hour
24 hour
0.039370078 inch
0.35 nmm × =0.0138 inch
1 mm
0.002739726027 year
1 day × =0.002739726027 year
1 day
0.0138inch
=5.037 inches per year
0.002739726027 year
0.0032808399 feet
0.35 nmm × =0.1148 feet
1mm
1 day → year (1 day = 0.0000274 century)
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0.0000274 century
1 day × =0.0000274 century
1 day
0.1148 feet
=41.90 feet per century
0.0000274 century
3. Two hot-air balloons are 54.2 and 66.0 m above the ground. A person in the lower balloon
observes that the other balloon is 12.2° above the horizontal. What is the horizontal distance
between the two balloons?
side opposite θ y
tanθ= =
side adjacent θ x
y=66 m−54.2m=11.8 m
11.8m
tan12.2 °=
x
11.8 m
x= =54.58 m
tan 12.2 °
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