a human hair has a diameter of about 4*10^-3 inches a fingernail is about 0.011 inches thicker. How thick is a fingernail write your answer as a decimal to 3 places
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To find the thickness of a fingernail, we need to subtract the diameter of a human hair from the thickness of a fingernail.
Given:
Diameter of a human hair = 4 * 10^-3 inches
Thickness of a fingernail = Diameter of a hair + 0.011 inches
Substituting the values, we have:
Thickness of a fingernail = 4 * 10^-3 + 0.011 inches
Adding the decimal values, we get:
Thickness of a fingernail = 0.004 + 0.011 inches
Simplifying, we have:
Thickness of a fingernail = 0.015 inches
Therefore, the thickness of a fingernail is 0.015 inches.
To find the thickness of a fingernail, we need to subtract the diameter of a human hair from the thickness of a fingernail.
Given that the diameter of a human hair is 4*10^-3 inches and the fingernail is 0.011 inches thicker, we can calculate the thickness of the fingernail as follows:
Thickness of the fingernail = Diameter of hair + Thickness difference
Thickness of the fingernail = 4*10^-3 inches + 0.011 inches
Adding these two values together, we get:
Thickness of the fingernail = 0.015 inches
Therefore, the thickness of a fingernail is 0.015 inches.
To find the thickness of a fingernail, we need to calculate the difference between the diameter of a human hair and the fingernail thickness.
Given:
Diameter of a human hair = 4 * 10^-3 inches
Thickness of a fingernail = 0.011 inches
Fingernail thickness - Human hair diameter = 0.011 inches - 4 * 10^-3 inches
= 0.011 inches - 0.004 inches
= 0.007 inches
Therefore, the thickness of a fingernail is 0.007 inches.