Answer this word problem.

One of the shortest wavelengths comes from X rays, and one of the longest electromagnetic wavelengths comes from radio waves. The wavelength of an X ray is 10^-12 meter and is 10^16 times shorter than the wavelength of a radio wave. What is the wavelength of a radio wave?

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Answer this word problem. 


One of the shortest wavelengths comes from X rays, and one of the longest electromagnetic wavelengths comes from radio waves. The wavelength of an X ray is 10^-12 meter and is 10^16 times shorter than the wavelength of a radio wave. What is the wavelength of a radio wave?

agent0smith · Answer

Multiply the X ray wavelength by the 10^16.

anonymous · Answer

so...
$$10^{-12+16}$$

fortytherapper · Answer

Correct because of $$X ^{n}*X ^{m} = X ^{m+n}$$