SOLUTION MANUAL
,1. Convert the following to engineering notation:
(a) 0.045 W 45 103 W = 45 mW
(b) 2000 pJ 2000 1012 2 109 J = 2 nJ
(c) 0.1 ns 0.1109 100 1012 s = 100 ps
(d) 39,212 as = 3.9212×104×10-18 = 39.212×10-15 s = 39.212 fs
(e) 3 Ω
(f) 18,000 m 18 103m= 18 km
(g) 2,500,000,000,000 bits 2.5 1012 bits = 2.5 terabits
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1015 atoms 102 cm
(h) 1021 atoms/m3 (it’s unclear what a “zeta atom” is)
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2. Convert the following to engineering notation:
(a) 1230 fs 1.23103 1015 1.231012 s = 1.23 ps
(b) 0.0001 decimeter 1104 101 10 106 m = 10 m
(c) 1400 mK 1.4 103 103 1.4 K
(d) 32 nm 32 109 m = 32 nm
(e) 13,560 kHz 1.356 104 103 13.56 106 Hz = 13.56 MHz
(f) 2021 micromoles 2.021103 106 2.021103moles = 2.021 millimoles
(g) 13 deciliters 13101 1.3 liters
(h) 1 hectometer 100 meters
, 3. Express the following in engineering units:
(a) 1212 mV = 1.121 V
(b) 1011 pA = 1011×10-12= 100 mA
(c) 1000 yoctoseconds 1103 1024 11021 seconds = 1 zs
(d) 33.9997 zeptoseconds
(e) 13,100 attoseconds 1.311015 s = 1.31 fs
(f) 10−14 zettasecond=10-14×1021=107=10×106 s = 10 Ms
(g) 10−5 second 10 106 seconds = 10 s
(h) 10−9 Gs 109 109 1 second