Units and Measurement

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A student measures the thickness of a human hair by looking at it through a microscope of magnification 100. He makes 20 observations and finds that the average width of the hair in the field of view of the microscope is 3.5 mm. What is the estimate on the thickness of hair?
Solution:  
Estimate on the thickness of hair is given by
Magnification (m)=
observedwidth(d)
realwidth(x)

x=
d
m

=
3.5
100
mm

=0.035 mm
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