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(a) Calculate the number of cells in a hummingbird assuming the mass of an average cell is ten times the mass of a bacterium.

(b) Making the same assumption, how many cells are there in a human?

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QUESTION:

(a) Calculate the number of cells in a hummingbird assuming the mass of an average cell is ten times the mass of a bacterium.

(b) Making the same assumption, how many cells are there in a human?

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In this question, we are to find number of cells humming bird and human , assuming mass of one cell is 10 times mass of bacterium

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Mass of bacterium cell \(m_{b}=10^{-15} \mathrm{~kg}\)

Mass of humming bird \(=m_{h b}=10^{-2} \mathrm{~kg}\)

Mass of human \(m_{H}=10^{2} \mathrm{~kg}\)

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