Question 4
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Suppose you have a book on the counter and you decide to estimate the thickness of each shee
You take ruler that is graduated into millimeters and determine the length from the front cover t
the back cover is 2.8 cm. Furthermore, you look down at the last page and conclude the book ha
313 pages. How thick do you predict each sheet of the book is? Jargon Alert: The number of
"sheets" is the number of "leaves" or physical pieces of paper that are bound to make the book.
Remember that each sheet or each piece of paper has both a front side and a backside. Each side
is a unique page. This means that each "sheet" consists of two pages. For this problem assume th
front cover and the back cover are equal in thickness to the sheet thicknesses in between. Give
your answer in units of centimeters, however DO NOT include the letters "cm" in your answer.
Only include the numerical portion in the answer box, else the answer (even if correct) will be
counted as incorrect. Keep three decimal places in your answer.