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ereecah

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The meter is presently defined as
 a. one ten-millionth of the diameter of Earth.
  b. the wavelength of a line in the spectrum of krypton-86.
  c. the length of a platinum-iridium bar.
  d. the distance light travels in a vacuum in a very short time.

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The meter was defined originally as
 a. one ten-millionth of the diameter of Earth.
  b. one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole.
  c. the wavelength of a line in the spectrum of krypton-86.
  d. the length of a platinum-iridium bar.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b



ereecah

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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