Your hair grows at the rate of 1 mm per day. Find their growth rate
in nm $s^{-1}. (11.57 nm s^{-1})$
Difficulty: Easy
Solution:
Growth rate Of hair in nm $s^{-1}$ = Imm per day
Growth rate of hair in one day = $24\times 60 \times$ 60 s
(Since 1 mm $10^{-3} m and one day = 24 \times 60 \times 60 s)$, hence
1 mm per day = $I\times 10^{-3} m \times \frac{1}{24} \times 60 \times$ 60 s
= $I \times 10^{-3} m \times \frac{1}{8400} m s^{-1}$
= $I \times10^{-3} m\times 0.00001157$
= $I \times 10^{-3} m \times1157 \times 10^{-8} ms^{-I}$
= $1157 \times 10^{-2}m \times 10^{-9}ms^{-1}$
=$11.57 \times10^{-9} ms^{-1}$
1 mm per day =$11.57 nms^{-1}$
(because $10^{-9} ms^{-1} = 1n ms^{-1})$.
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