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Physics Principles with Applications

Found in: Page 18

Book edition 7th

Author(s) Douglas C. Giancoli

Pages 978 pages

ISBN 978-0321625922

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Short Answer

Express the following using the prefixes of Table 1–4:

(a) $1 \times 10^{6} volts$
(b) $2 \times 10^{- 6} meters$
(c) $6 \times 10^{3} days$
(d) $18 \times 10^{2} bucks$
(e) $7 \times 10^{- 7} seconds$

The resultant expressions of the given values using prefixes for parts (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) are $1 megavolt$ , $2 micrometers$ , $6 kilodays$ , $18 hectobucks$ , and $0.7 microseconds$ , respectively.

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Step 1. Use of Prefixes

Prefixes

Prefixes are added at the beginning of words to modify their meaning. In the word unhappy, “un” is the prefix, and “re” is the prefix in the word rewrite.

To express the given value using a prefix, use Table 1–4.

$\begin{matrix} V = (1 \times 10^{6} volts \times \frac{1 megavolt}{10^{6} volts}) \\ = 1 megavolt . \end{matrix}$

Step 2. Metric (SI) prefixes

To express the given value using a prefix, use Table 1–4.

$\begin{matrix} d = (2 \times 10^{- 6} meters \times \frac{1 micrometer}{10^{- 6} meters}) \\ = 2 micrometers . \end{matrix}$

Step 3. SI prefixes

To express the given value using a prefix, use Table 1–4.

$\begin{matrix} t = (6 \times 10^{3} days \times \frac{1 kiloday}{10^{3} days}) \\ = 6 kilodays . \end{matrix}$

Step 4. Metric prefixes

To express the given value using a prefix, use Table 1–4.

$\begin{matrix} n = (18 \times 10^{2} bucks \times \frac{1 hectobuck}{10^{2} bucks}) \\ = 18 hectobucks \end{matrix}$

Step 5. Applications of Prefixes

To express the given value using a prefix, use Table 1–4.

$\begin{matrix} t = 7 \times 10^{- 7} seconds \\ = (0.7 \times 10^{- 6} seconds \times \frac{1 microsecond}{10^{- 6} seconds}) \\ = 0.7 microseconds . \end{matrix}$

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