A molecular biologist measures the mass of cofactor A in an average yeast cell. The mass is 67.55 pg. What is the total mass in micrograms of cofactor A in a yeast colony containing 10^5 cells? Answer in decimal

Respuesta :

At first, pg means picogram

[tex]1pg=10^{-12}g[/tex]

A microgram is a unit to measure the mass

[tex]1\mu g=10^{-6}g[/tex]

Then from both relation

[tex]1pg=10^{-6}\mu g[/tex]

Now we can solve the question

Since the average mass per cell is 67.55 pg

Since the number of cells is 10^5

To find the total mass multiply them

[tex]\begin{gathered} T\mathrm{}m=67.55\times10^5 \\ T\mathrm{}m=6755000pg \end{gathered}[/tex]

We need to change it to microgram, then multiply it by 10^-6

[tex]T\mathrm{}m=6755000\times10^{-6}[/tex]

Put a decimal point at the end of the number and move it 6 places to the left to get the answer

[tex]T\mathrm{}m=6.755\mu g[/tex]