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A student measures the thickness of a human hair using a microscope of magnification 100. He makes 20 observations and find that the average thickness (as viewed in the microscope) is 3.5 mm. What is the estimate of the thickness of hair?

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Magnification, m= `(observed width(y))/(real width(x)) `
`impliesx=y/m=(3.5mm)/100=0.035mm`
`therefore` Thickness of hair is 0.035 mm.
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