Question

The average grain of salt is 0. 0003 meters wide. Rhinovirus, which causes the common cold, is 0. 00000003 meters wide. How many times wider is a grain of salt than Rhinovirus? Choose the correct answer. A. 1 × 102 times B. 1 × 103 times C. 1 × 104 times D. 1 × 105 times

Answer 1

Number of times a grain of salt is wider than Rhinovirus

= width of average grain of salt / width of rhinovirus

=0.0003 / 0.00000003

=1 × 10^4

Hence, the number of times a grain of salt is wider than Rhinovirus is 10,000 times.