Question

The last page of a book is numbered 764. The book is 3.0 cm thick, not including its covers. What is the average thickness (in centimeters) of a page in the book, rounded to the proper number of significant figures?

Answer 1

The average thickness, in centimeters, of a page in this book, can be found by dividing 3.0 cm by 764.

The average thickness, rounded to the proper number of sig figs, is 0.004 cm.