The discussion focuses on converting 70 micrometers (µm) into meters and kilometers. The correct conversion is established as 70 µm = 0.00007 meters. For kilometers, the conversion is clarified as 70 µm = 0.00000007 kilometers, achieved by recognizing that 1 kilometer equals 10^3 meters, which cancels out the kilo prefix. Additionally, the conversation touches on calculating volume using the formula length × width × height for cuboidal shapes.
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That is correct. You can avoid writing the 0 at the end 0.000070 = 0.00007Pencil said:I'm confused when it comes to converting units. Ok here's a problem, what is 70 µm in meters? kilometers? I know that one µ equals 10^-6 so does that mean 70 µm = 0.000070m?
Nope. You have to convert 70µm to kilometres.How would I do kilometers? It says that kilo equals 10^3. Would it be 70000?
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That is correct.Pencil said:Ohh I see! So that would make it 0.00000007km?
That's true for a cuboid. You may have to resort to other formulae/methods to find the volumes of other 3d objects.Also is volume found by l*w*h? (length)(width)(height)?