6DQ - University Physics with Modern Physics

Question

Describe how you could measure the thickness of a sheet of paper with an ordinary ruler.

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

You can measure the thickness of a paper by  $\mathrm{t}=\frac{\mathrm{x}}{\mathrm{n}}$.

Step 1: Introduction

The width of an object is also sometimes defined as the thickness $\left(T\right)$ . This usually happens when the width of the object is significantly smaller than the other dimensions.

Step 2: Explanation

The SI unit of measurement of length meters.

 

Take a bunch of papers and measure the total thickness of the bunch of papers.

 

Assume that the total thickness of the paper is x.

The total number of papers is n.

 

The thickness of each sheet of paper is,

$\mathrm{t}=\frac{\mathrm{x}}{\mathrm{n}}$ 

Hence, we can measure the thickness of a paper by data-custom-editor="chemistry" $\mathrm{t}=\frac{\mathrm{x}}{\mathrm{n}}$.