Question

A length of a bacteria enlarged 50,000 times attains a length of
5 cm. What is the actual length of the bacteria? If the length is
enlarged 20,000 times only, what would be its enlarged length?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The original size of bacteria is 0.0001 cm and if it is enlarged 20,000 times the size of bacteria is 2 cm.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the original size of bacteria be X cm

Therefore if the bacteria is enlarged 50,000 times and we get the size as 5 cm then we get the following equation.

X x 50000 = 5

X = 5/50000

Therefore X = 0.0001 cm is the original size of the bacteria.

If it is enlarged 20,000 times we get

Image 20,000 times magnified = X x 20000

                                                    = 0.0001 x 20000

                                                    = 2 cm

Therefore the original size of bacteria is 0.0001 cm and if it is enlarged 20,000 times the size of bacteria is 2 cm.

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