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Anry
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Anry asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 8 years ago

It is said that Light travels 2.9979x10^(-16) meters in one yoctosecond, how much is that in Nanometers?

Update:

Thanks T-K, but I am a noob, could you please tell me how much is it without these ^ power notations?

For example 100,000 nanometers.

Thanks.

Update 2:

Thanks T-K, but I am a noob, could you please tell me how much is it without these ^ power notations?

For example 100,000 nanometers.

Thanks.

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  • Angelos
    Lv 5
    8 years ago
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    One nanometer is by definition 1/1000000000 (one-billionth) of a meter.

    10^-16 is 1/10^16 = 1/10000000000000000

    So 10^-16 meters is 1/10000000 of a nanometer = 0.0000001 nm

    and 2.9979x10^(-16) meters is 0.00000029979 nm

  • T-K
    8 years ago

    1 nanometer is 10^-9 meters

    so 2.9979x10^-16 meters is 2.9979x10^-7 nanometers

    as we have divided by 10^-9

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