Answer :
At first glance, the question doesn't seem to make any sense.
But we quickly recognize that it's actually a little word-play
with metric units.
Apparently, a 'microphone' is a millionth of a phone = 10⁻⁶ phone.
With that assumption, we can go ahead and play the game:
1 whole phone = 10⁶ microphones
10⁻² phones = (10⁻²) · (10⁶ microphones) = 10⁴ microphones .
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Any nerdy guy who enjoys this kind of game should be
required to answer the following questions:
-- Convert 10³ Hz to units of 'kilocycles per second' .
-- What size pan should be used to catch a 2-megohm grid-leak ?
But we quickly recognize that it's actually a little word-play
with metric units.
Apparently, a 'microphone' is a millionth of a phone = 10⁻⁶ phone.
With that assumption, we can go ahead and play the game:
1 whole phone = 10⁶ microphones
10⁻² phones = (10⁻²) · (10⁶ microphones) = 10⁴ microphones .
__________________________________________
Any nerdy guy who enjoys this kind of game should be
required to answer the following questions:
-- Convert 10³ Hz to units of 'kilocycles per second' .
-- What size pan should be used to catch a 2-megohm grid-leak ?