Conversion to other units To convert between the various units in the metric sys

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Conversion to other units To convert between the various units in the metric system, use the dheiding by the multiple of 10. Whon you move the decimal point to the right, you are multiplying by the mutiple of 10 following number ine. When you move the decimal point to the left, you are 10 10 10 10 10 10 nm A m dm cm mm I di ml ul kg mg ng ng P9 Example: To convert um to cm move the decimal 4 to the left 4um = 0.0004 an or 4.0 x 10 cm To convert mm to A, move the decimal 7 places to the right. 7mm = 70,000,000 A" or 7.0 x 10' A" Moasurement of Length Measure the length of a microscope slide in centimeters and millimeters convert it to the other units, and then write the answer in scientific notation um

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Suppose length of microscopic slide is 10 cm. then,

in other unit, it will be 10 x 101 mm, 10 x 10-5 km, 10 x 10-1 m, 10 x 105 um, 10 x 108 nm, 10 x 109 A.

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