The length of a bacterial cell is about 5 x 10−6 m, and the length of an amoeba cell is about 3.5 x 10−4 m. How many times smaller is the bacterial cell than the amoeba cell? Write the final answer in scientific notation with the correct number of significant digits.

1.4 x 101
7 x 101
143 x 101
7 x 103



Answer :

The bacterial cell is 7 x 10¹ times smaller than the amoeba cell.

Here,

The length of a bacterial cell is about 5 x 10⁻⁶ m.

The length of an amoeba cell is about 3.5 x 10⁻⁴ m.

We have to find the how many times the bacterial cell is smaller than the amoeba cell.

What is Division method?

Division method is used to distributing a group of things into equal parts.

Now,

The length of a bacterial cell is = 5 x 10⁻⁶ m.

The length of an amoeba cell is = 3.5 x 10⁻⁴ m.

Hence, The size of cell is calculated as =  3.5 x 10⁻⁴ ÷ 5 x 10⁻⁶

                                                            = 0.7 x 10²

                                                            = 7 x 10¹

Therefore, The bacterial cell is 7 x 10¹ times smaller than the amoeba cell.

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