color(blue)("Establishing the ratio format and content")Establishing the ratio format and content
1 microgram = 1xx10^(-6)" grams " larr " 1 millionth of 1 gram"=1×10−6 grams ← 1 millionth of 1 gram
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color(red)("Using ratio")Using ratio
("micrograms")/("grams") ->color(magenta)(1/(10^(-6))) -=("micrograms")/(2.45xx10^3)microgramsgrams→110−6≡micrograms2.45×103
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color(red)("but "1/10^(-6) " is the same as "(10^6)/1)but 110−6 is the same as 1061
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("micrograms")/("grams") ->color(magenta)((10^6)/1) -=
("micrograms")/(2.45xx10^3)microgramsgrams→1061≡micrograms2.45×103
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color(blue)("The calculation")The calculation
color(brown)((10^6)/1 -=("micrograms")/(2.45xx10^3))1061≡micrograms2.45×103
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color(red)("Multiply bot sides by "color(blue)(2.45xx10^3))Multiply bot sides by 2.45×103
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color(brown)((10^6)/1 color(blue)(xx2.45xx10^3) " "=" micrograms "xx(color(blue)(cancel(2.45xx10^3)))/(cancel(2.45xx10^3)) )
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"micrograms "=2.45xx10^3xx10^6" "=" "2.45xx10^9