Please explain this simply for me!

Medical x-rays, with a wavelength of about 10^(-10) m, can penetrate completely through your skin.

a. Ultraviolet rays, which cause sun burn by penetrating only the top level of skin, have a wavelength about 1,000 times the wavelength of an x-ray. Find the wavelength of ultraviolet rays. Show your work.

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Please explain this simply for me!

Medical x-rays, with a wavelength of about 10^(-10) m, can penetrate completely through your skin.

a. Ultraviolet rays, which cause sun burn by penetrating only the top level of skin, have a wavelength about 1,000 times the wavelength of an x-ray. Find the wavelength of ultraviolet rays. Show your work.

tyteen4a03 · Answer

1000 times = ^3. Now the expression becomes 10^(-10+3).