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(II) A typical atom has a diameter of about $1.0 \times 10^{-10} \mathrm{m}$ . (a) What is this in inches? (b) Approximately how many atoms are there along a 1.0 -cm line?
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0 \times 10^{-10} \mathrm{m}$. We want to convert this to inches. We know that 1 meter is equal to 100 cm and 1 inch is equal to 2.54 cm. So, we first convert the diameter from meters to cm by multiplying by 100. This gives us $1.0 \times 10^{-10} \mathrm{m} \times Show more…
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