A book 500 pages (500 sheets of paper) long is 2.25 inches thick. If each cover is 0.125 inches thick, how thick is each sheet o

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A book 500 pages (500 sheets of paper) long is 2.25 inches thick. If each cover is 0.125 inches thick, how thick is each sheet o

f paper?

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luda_lava [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-17T01:51:33+03:00

Subtract the thickness of the covers from the total thickness of the 500-pages book. Since each cover is 0.125 inches thick, double this value and subtract from 2.25 inches. This results to 2 inches. To determine the thickness of each of the pages, divide 2 inches by 500 pages. Therefore, the thickness of a single page is 4x10^-3 inch.