Question

A dermatology patient is treated with ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 375 nm. What is the wavelength expressed in centimeter?

Answer 1

1 nanometer = 1 * 10^9 meters

so 1 nanometer = 1 * 10^7 centimeters

375 nanometers = 3,75 * 10^5 centimeters

Answer 2

Wavelength,
`3.75* 10^(-5)\ centimeter`

Explanation:

A dermatology patient is treated with ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 375 nm. We need to express the wavelength in centimeters.

Firstly, it is required to use following conversions as :

`1\ nanometer=10^(-7)\ centimeter`

Now to convert 375 nm to cm, we can use the following unitary method as :

`375\ nanometer=375* 10^(-7)\ centimeter`

`375\ nanometer=3.75* 10^(-5)\ centimeter`

So, the wavelength of ultraviolet light is
`3.75* 10^(-5)\ centimeter`. Hence, this is the required solution.