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* 20 POINTS* The speed of computers is measured in number of calculations per picosecond. There are 3.6 times 10 to the 15th power picoseconds per hour. What fraction of a second is a picosecond?

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Answer:

[tex]10^{-12}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculate, how many picoseconds are included in one second

1 hour = 3600 seconds = [tex]3.6\cdot10^3[/tex] seconds

1 hour = [tex]3.6\cdot10^{15}[/tex] picoseconds

[tex]3.6\cdot10^3[/tex] seconds = [tex]3.6\cdot10^{15}[/tex] picoseconds

1 second [tex]=\frac{3.6\cdot10^{15}}{3.6\cdot10^3}=\frac{10^{15}}{10^3}=10^{12}[/tex] picoseconds

Information: 1 second is [tex]10^{12}[/tex] picoseconds means that 1 picosecond is [tex]\frac1{10^{12}}=10^{-12}[/tex] fraction of a second