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I am confused why i am not getting this one right..
The energy associated with the atomic bomb explosion over Hiroshima was equivalent to 13 kilotons of TNT. To how many "Hiroshima Bombs" would the metoerite impact have been equivalent?
A meteorite impact has a kinetic energy of 4.5e14
1 atomic bomb = 13 kilotons of TNT
and 1 megaton of TNT = 4.2e15
answer:
this is how i did it..
(4.2e15 megaton)(10^6 ton/1megaton)(1 kiloton/1000 ton)= 4.2e18
(4.2e18 kiloton)(13)=5.46e19
so..4.5e14/5.46e19 =8.24e-6 which is NOT the right answer?
where did i make my mistake? thanks
The energy associated with the atomic bomb explosion over Hiroshima was equivalent to 13 kilotons of TNT. To how many "Hiroshima Bombs" would the metoerite impact have been equivalent?
A meteorite impact has a kinetic energy of 4.5e14
1 atomic bomb = 13 kilotons of TNT
and 1 megaton of TNT = 4.2e15
answer:
this is how i did it..
(4.2e15 megaton)(10^6 ton/1megaton)(1 kiloton/1000 ton)= 4.2e18
(4.2e18 kiloton)(13)=5.46e19
so..4.5e14/5.46e19 =8.24e-6 which is NOT the right answer?
where did i make my mistake? thanks