A sheet of standard-size copy paper measures 8.5 in. by 11 in. If a ream (500 sheets) of this paper has a volume of 187(to the t

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Alexxandr [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-16T08:04:08+03:00

<h3>Answer: 2 inches</h3>

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Explanation:

The area of any given sheet of paper is 8.5*11 = 93.5 square inches.

Divide the volume over this area to get the height of the stack

187/(93.5) = 2

The stack is 2 inches tall.

Extra info: The thickness of each piece of paper is 2/500 = 0.004 of an inch which approximates to about 0.1016 mm.