Convert 5.5×1010 picoseconds to seconds.

Question

Perform each of the following conversions using metric conversion factors.

Answer 1

I will assume that the question is asking about 5.5x10¹⁰ picoseconds instead of 5555 picoseconds.

The prefix "pico" means one trillionth or 1x10^-12 or 0.000000000001. To convert from picoseconds to seconds you just need to multiple the amount of picoseconds by 1x10^-12 to convert to seconds.

So if there are 1x10^-12 seconds in every picosecond and you multiply by the number of picoseconds you are left with the number of seconds.

So 5.5x10¹⁰ picoseconds is equal to 0.055 seconds.