Since the area of a square is equal to the square of one of its side's length, then the area should be equivalent to

.

---> equation (1)
By using pythagoras rule which states that the

---> equation (2)
where the opposite side's length is 8 and the hypotenuse side's length is 10
by substituting by the values in equation (2) therefore,

substitute this value in equation (1) then

where A is the area of the square whose side is x
512 is the coefficient of the x9y-term
You can divide the two values A = diameter of bacterium B = diameter of virus A/B = (10^(-6))/(10^(-7)) A/B = 10^(-6-(-7)) A/B = 10^(-6+7) A/B = 10^(1) A/B = 10 Since the ratio of the two diameters is 10, this means that the diameter of the bacterium is 10 times greater than that of the virus.