Give the name and symbol of the prefixes used with SI units to indicate multiplication by the following exact quantities. (a) 103 (b) 10−2 (c) 0.1 (d) 10−3 (e) 1,000,000 (f) 0.000001

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Answer:

Please see below as the answer is self - explanatory

Explanation:

a) 10³ = kilo (kilogram = 10³ grams, kilometer= 10³ meters)

Symbol : k.

b) 10⁻² = centi (it is the 100th part of a unit, like centimeter, or centigram) Symbol:  c.

c) .1 = deci (it is the tenth part (deci comes from the word that means "ten"in latin) of a unit: decimeter, decigram)

Symbol: d.

d) 10⁻3 = mili (it is a 1000th part of a unit: milimeter, miligram), the name comes from the word used in latin to mean "one thousand".

Symbol: m

e) 1,000,000 = 10⁶ = mega (megawatt)

Symbol: M

f= 0.000001 = 10⁻6 = micro (micrometer, microsecond),

Symbol: μ.