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A plant cell has a diameter of 1.3 x 10^-8 kilometer.Is it more appropriate to report the diameter of the plant cell as 1.3 x 10^-2 millimeter? Explain your reasoning.

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A plant cell has a diameter of 1.3 x 10^-8 kilometer. It is more appropriate to report the diameter of the plant cell as 1.3 x 10^-2 millimeter because it is easier to understand or to write in a non-scientific form since you just move the decimal place twice to the left. Hope this helps.
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