A student wants to use indirect measurement to find the thickness of a
sheet of newspaper. In a 50-centimeter tall recycling bin, she finds 50
sheets of newspaper. Each sheet in the bin is folded in fourths. Design a
procedure for the student to use that would allow her to measure the
thickness of one sheet of newspaper with little or no source of
experimental error. The student has a meter stick and a calculator.
sheet of newspaper. In a 50-centimeter tall recycling bin, she finds 50
sheets of newspaper. Each sheet in the bin is folded in fourths. Design a
procedure for the student to use that would allow her to measure the
thickness of one sheet of newspaper with little or no source of
experimental error. The student has a meter stick and a calculator.