Question

A book has a front and a back and 400 pages. The front and back cover are each 0.9mm thick measured to 1 decimal place. Each page is 0.13 mm thick measured to 2 decimal places. Calculate the minimum thickness of the book.

Answer 1

The minimum thickness of the book would simply be the sum of the thickness of the two cover pages and all the pages in between. That is:

minimum thickness = 0.9 mm * 2 + 0.13 mm * 400

minimum thickness = 53.8 mm