Sheets of tissue paper 0.004 mm thick are stacked by a machine at a rate of 50,000 sheets per minute. How many minutes are required to obtain a stack one meter tall?
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5 minutes
In one minute it will be 200 mm
multiply that by 5 and you get 1000mm
1000mm=1 meter
In one minute it will be 200 mm
multiply that by 5 and you get 1000mm
1000mm=1 meter
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.004mm is 0.000004 meters
50,000 sheets times 0.000004 is .2 meters of paper every minute
and 5 minutes times .2 meters per minute in 1 meter of paper
So 5 minutes.
50,000 sheets times 0.000004 is .2 meters of paper every minute
and 5 minutes times .2 meters per minute in 1 meter of paper
So 5 minutes.