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OpenStudy (anonymous):

some samples need to be magnified 100 times to view key features. If an actual sample is 16 millimeters long, how many cm is the magnified image?

OpenStudy (nowhereman):

What about if you magnify something of length 1cm by a factor of 2, what size will you get?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2?

OpenStudy (nowhereman):

indeed, and now apply the method you used to get this result to the other data (100, 16mm)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it 1600?

OpenStudy (nowhereman):

ok, 1600mm is correct, now change it to cm

OpenStudy (anonymous):

16?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is that it?

OpenStudy (nowhereman):

No, 1cm = 10mm. Because c stands for 1/100 and m for 1/1000

OpenStudy (anonymous):

160?

OpenStudy (nowhereman):

Correct. :-)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you :)

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