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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Question?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Part A: The sun produces 3.9 ⋅ 1033 ergs of radiant energy per second. How many ergs of radiant energy does the sun produce in 1.55 ⋅ 107 seconds? Part B: Which is the more reasonable measurement of the distance between the tracks on a CD: 1.6 ⋅ 10−3 mm or 1.6 ⋅ 103 mm? Justify your answer.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Part A: The sun produces 3.9 -10^33 ergs of radiant energy per second. How many ergs of radiant energy does the sun produce in 1.55-10^3 mm? Justify your answer.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh, okay, that's better.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What's 10^3?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\(10^3 \rightarrow 10 \times 10 \times 10\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Part B: Which is the more reasonable measurement of the distance between the tracks on a CD: 1.6-10^-3 mm or 1.6-10^3 mm? Justify your answer.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

10^3=1000

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes, so we have: 1.55 * 1000 When we multiply this, we can just move the decimal place 3 places to the right. |dw:1422967263759:dw|

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