Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 67PP
The human body contains about 1014 cells, and the diameter of a typical cell is about 10 μm Like all ordinary matter, cells are made of atoms; a typical atomic diameter is 0.1 nm.
The volume of a cell is about
- a. 10−10m3.
- b. 10−15 m3.
- c. 10−20m3.
- d. 10−30 m3.
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