ikidd@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months ago4000ac solar farm in Texas devastated by hailstormimgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareDerby@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoI’ll convert it to a metric unit for you so it’s easier to visualize: the solar farm is 2*10^27 square Angstroms. Hope that helps!
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThat is actually helpful. It’s easy to convert from Angstroms (10^-10 m) to meters, to kilometers (10^3 m). That means it’s all just basic arithmetic. 27 - 2*(10 + 3) = 27 - 26 = 1. So, it’s 2*10^1 square km, or 20 square km.
I’ll convert it to a metric unit for you so it’s easier to visualize: the solar farm is 2*10^27 square Angstroms.
Hope that helps!
That is actually helpful. It’s easy to convert from Angstroms (10^-10 m) to meters, to kilometers (10^3 m). That means it’s all just basic arithmetic. 27 - 2*(10 + 3) = 27 - 26 = 1. So, it’s 2*10^1 square km, or 20 square km.