A photograph of a bacteria enlarged 50,000 times attains a length of 5 em as shown in the diagram. What is the actual length of the bacteria? If the photograph is enlarged 20,000 times only, what would be its enlarged length ?
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Solution
Actual Length of the bacteria =550000cm =10−4 cm When the photograph of a bacteria enlarged 50,000 times attains a length = 5 cm When the photograph of a bacteria enlarged 20,000 times attains a length = 550000×20000 cm = 2cm