One sheet of paper is 9 x 10 to the power of - 3 to cm thick. Mark wants to put 500 sheets of paper into the paper tray of his printer. The paper tray is 4 cm deep. Is the paper tray deep enough for 500 sheets of paper? You must explain your answer. Input note: write down the thickness of the 500 sheets of paper.

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Kaelyn Reese

Mathematics

2 August, 11:48

One sheet of paper is 9 x 10 to the power of - 3 to cm thick. Mark wants to put 500 sheets of paper into the paper tray of his printer. The paper tray is 4 cm deep. Is the paper tray deep enough for 500 sheets of paper? You must explain your answer. Input note: write down the thickness of the 500 sheets of paper.

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Leia · Answer 1

The paper tray is not deep enough.

Step-by-step explanation:

500 * 9 * 10^-3

= 500 * 0.009

= 4.5 cm which is greater than the depth of the paper tray (4 cm).