Question

Enrico fermi suggested that the length of one lecture period (50 min) is nearly equal to one micro-century. verify it by converting micro-century into minutes.

Answer 1

1 micro = 10⁻⁶

1 century = 100 years

1 year = 365 days

1 day = 24 hours

1 hour = 60 min

50 min (1 hour/60 minute) (1 day /24 hour) (1 year/365 day) (1 centrury/100 year)

(50) (1/(60 x 24 x 365 x 100)) centrury

1 x 10⁻⁶ century

1 micro century

Answer 2

Yes, Fermi was right. 1 standard lecture period is approximately equal to a micro century.

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