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jeyben
12 days ago
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It is a widely held belief that a typical piece of printer paper with a thickness of 0.1 mm can go through at most 7 folds. When

folding a piece of paper in half, the number of layers doubles with each fold, which also doubles the thickness. Sylvia is testing this theory and employing a hydraulic press in order to ensure each fold is as tight as possible. If Sylvia is successful in folding the paper completely, determine the thickness of her piece of printer paper after being folded in half 7 times
A) 14.0 mm
B)12.8 mm
C)17.1 mm
D) 10.5 mm
Mathematics
2 answers:
tester [8.8K]12 days ago
5 0
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Calculating the number of layers gives us 2^7 = 128 layers

This results in a thickness of 128 times 0.1, leading to 12.8mm

The final answer is B) 12.8mm
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Leona [9.2K]12 days ago
3 0
The number of layers is calculated as 2^7 = 128. The overall thickness is then 128 multiplied by 0.1, resulting in 12.8 mm. I hope this information is useful.
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