CHAPTER 1 NOTES - PC\|MAC

ex. Convert 5000 cm to m. 1 cm = 10-2 m or 1 cm = 1 x 10-2 m or 1 cm = 0.01 m. 5000 cm = 5000 cm x 0.01 m = 5000 x .01 = 50 m. 1 1 cm 1 x 1. ex. Convert 25,000,000,000 (m (micro meters) to a Gm (giga meter). A less mathematically complex way to convert prefixes is to count the places or steps for the decimal to move by using the exponents. ................
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