College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 1 - Problems - Page 22: 71

Answer

$10^{4}$ viruses

Work Step by Step

Number of viruses = $\frac{10^{-9}V_{saliva}}{V_{virus}}=\frac{0.010cm^{3}}{10^{9}\times(\frac{4}{3}pi)\times(85nm/2)^{3}\times(10^{-7}cm/1nm)^{3}}=10^{4}$ viruses.
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