A scientist looks at a bacterium and a virus in a lab. The bacterium has a diameter of meters. The virus has a diameter of meters. Which statement accurately compares the sizes of the specimens?
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Answer:"The diameter of the bacterium is 10 times greater than that of the virus."Step-by-step explanation:Size of bacteria is 10^-6Size of virus is 10^-7Definitely the bacteria is larger. How many times larger? We find that by dividing the diameter of bacterium by the diameter of virus.Let's do this:[tex]\frac{10^{-6}}{10^{-7}}\\=\frac{0.000001}{0.0000001}\\=10[/tex]Hence, the bacterium is 10 times larger than the virus