Question

A pollen grain is 3/10 to the third power centimeters wide. In an illustration, the pollen grain is 6 centimeters 10 wide. How much larger is the illustration than the actual pollen?

Answer 1

The illustration is approximately 226 times larder than the actual pollen grain.

Explanation:

First of all, we have to write out the size of the actual pollen grain in a manner that is easy for us to work with.

This will be

`((3)/(10)) ^(3)=0.027cm` wide

The original width of the pollen is 0.027 cm.

Next,

We can take the width of the illustration to be 6.10 cm wide.

After this,

To get the magnification factor, we will have to use the formula

Magnification = illustrated size/ actual size

This will be the magnification =
`6.10/0.027` = 255.92 times

Hence, the illustration is approximately 226 times larder than the actual pollen grain.