Paper thickness varies. Typically, 100 sheets are about a cm thick. Atoms typically vary from 1...

 

 

  

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Paper thickness varies. Typically, 100 sheets are about a cm thick. Atoms typically vary from 1 to 3 -10 angstroms in radius. (An angstrom is 10 m.) Suppose a piece of paper is 0.0084cm thick. How many atoms span the thickness if the radius of the atom is 3.08 angstroms? In a problem like this a lot of irrelevant (to problem solving) information is given. It helps to write out what useful information is given and what you are going to solve for. Paper thickness varies. Typically, 100 sheets are about a cm thick. Atoms typically vary from 1 to 3 -10 angstroms in radius. (An angstrom is 10 m.) Suppose a piece of paper is 0.0084cm thick. How many atoms span the thickness if the radius of the atom is 3.08 angstroms? In a problem like this a lot of irrelevant (to problem solving) information is given. It helps to write out what useful information is given and what you are going to solve for.

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