Question

24. If a ream of paper (500 sheets) is 2.125 inches thick, how thick is one sheet of paper? Give your answer in scientific notation. (1) 1.0625 x 103 (2) 42.5 x 103 (3) 4.25 x 103 (4) 4.25 x 10-3 (5) 4.25 x 10-2

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} \text{thickness of each sh}eet\text{ is,} \\ t=(2.125)/(500) \\ t=0.00425 \\ t=4.25*10^(-3) \end{gathered}`