Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 1, Problem 69PP
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 number of atoms in the body is closest to
- a. 1014.
- b. 1020.
- c. 1030
- d. 1040.
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