Alex is a writer for Technology Now magazine and is writing an article on the latest input and output devices.
-Alex interviews chemists who are using a new input device to track the motions of particles in an atom. To do so, they use an advanced laser strobe light that slices time into the shortest bit yet achieved-a(n) ____-a billionth of a billionth of a second.
A) nanosecond
B) attosecond
C) microsecond
D) picosecond

Question

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An attosecond is a billionth of a billionth of a second, which is the time scale mentioned in the context.

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