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0 posted 2004-05-19 10:22 PM


Anyone know how to complete this equation:

35 ns(nanoseconds) = ________ ps(picoseconds)

The following is a list of how many units are in a second:

1,000 millisecond = 1 second
1,000,000 microseconds = 1 second
1,000,000,000 nanoseconds = 1 second
1,000,000,000,000 picoseconds = 1 second

If you know the answer, PLEASE, elaborate on how you figured it. I am having trouble grasping how to calculate these types of problems and that is a rarity for me. I'm usually very good at math.

Thanks!

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1 posted 2004-05-19 11:00 PM


well an easy way to do it is:
divide the ps units by the ns units to get 1000..so you will see that
a picosecond is 1000 nanoseconds.

so if you have 35 ns then if you mulitply by 1000, you get 35000 ps.

as you see in the unit conversions youve given
second x 1000 = millisecond
milisecond x 1000= microsecond
microsecond x 1000= nanosecond
nanosecond x 1000 = picosecond

so..
you know by multiplying by that thousand you are moving your decimal place over
to the right by 3 places ...

does this help any?

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2 posted 2004-05-19 11:07 PM


See? I knew the answer would be something simple.

Thanks muted I appreciate that

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3 posted 2004-05-19 11:21 PM


Relate each to each, Jeffery, instead of all to a second, and it makes better sense. All you need to do at each step in the process is multiply by a thousand.

8) 1000 yoctoseconds = 1 zeptosecond
7) 1000 zeptoseconds = 1 attosecond
6) 1000 attoseconds = 1 femtosecond
5) 1000 femtoseconds = 1 picosecond
4) 1000 picoseconds = 1 nanosecond
3) 1000 nanoseconds = 1 microsecond
2) 1000 microseconds = 1 millisecond
1) 1000 milliseconds = 1 second

Since you want to move up the ladder, from nanoseconds to picoseconds, you're going to multiply by a factor of 1000. How many times you multiply by 1000 is determined by how many steps between the levels. Level 4 (pico) - Level 3 (nano) is obviously just 1 level, so 35 nanoseconds is equal to (1 * 1000 * 35) picoseconds.



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4 posted 2004-05-19 11:23 PM


I type slow ...
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5 posted 2004-05-19 11:37 PM


Ron... If you can come up with all of those, then I think you just might have a bit too much time on your hands.
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6 posted 2004-05-19 11:43 PM


Hey but how much is one damn short time?

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7 posted 2004-05-20 12:19 PM


oh goodness LOL, Ron's working with numbers i hope to never see! LOL
then again, some amazingly tiny things in electron microscopes...may yet be using those tiny units

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8 posted 2004-05-20 12:34 PM


Holy cow! Ron, I hope I never, ever have to work on numbers that big LOL

Thanks though, that makes it much easier

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9 posted 2004-05-20 09:52 PM


Btw, why is it important to convert from one time unit to another? Guesses anyone?
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10 posted 2004-05-21 06:52 AM


But.. But... It's really not BIG numbers we're dealing with here - It's teeny tiny numbers.  These are all fractional parts of seconds we're talking about...

Such as:

8) 1 yoctosecond = 0.000000000000000000000001 of a second - or - 0.1 x 10(-23 exponent)
7) 1 zeptosecond = 0.000000000000000000001 of a second - or - 0.1 x 10(-20 exponent)
6) 1 attosecond = 0.000000000000000001 of a second - or - 0.1 x 10(-17 exponent)
5) 1 femtosecond = 0.000000000000001 of a second - or - 0.1 x 10(-14 exponent)
4) 1 picosecond = 0.000000000001 of a second - or - 0.1 x 10(-11 exponent)
3) 1 nanosecond = 0.000000001 of a second - or 0.1 x 10(-8 exponent)
2) 1 microsecond = 0.000001 of a second - or - 0.1 x 10(-5 exponent)
1) 1 millisecond = 0.001 of a second - or 0.1 x 10(-2 exponent)

Geesh...


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11 posted 2004-05-21 09:44 AM


well, i dont know why you need to convert to such small time units, but i know why i need to convert to such small length measurements... i get the glorious task of measuring the Ribosomes in cells (various types) LOL
talk about tiny!!

maybe you learn such small measurements of time because i suppose dealing with how fast maybe the brain submits signals, or how fast a computer processes information, and in alot of cases how quickly a very unstable isotope breaks down

what do you study by the way?? LOL

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12 posted 2004-05-21 06:43 PM


All it is 35*1000. Then you add in the corresponding 0's.
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14 posted 2004-05-25 09:32 PM


I owe you all a very BIG thank you! I aced an exam because of you all, you helped me more than you'll ever know.
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