Question

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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

2?

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

is it 1600?

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

16?

Answer 7

is that it?

Answer 8

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

Answer 9

160?

Answer 10

Correct. :-)

Answer 11

Thank you :)