SOLUTION: A man cuts a piece of paper 0.03 mm thick into three equal parts. Then he cuts eaxh of these parts into three parts again and in the process repeats until the tenth time, he manage

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Question 1081542: A man cuts a piece of paper 0.03 mm thick into three equal parts. Then he cuts eaxh of these parts into three parts again and in the process repeats until the tenth time, he managed to pile all the pieces of paper. How thick is the pile?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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cuts a piece of paper 0.03 mm thick into three equal parts.
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3%2A0.03


Then he cuts eaxh of these parts into three parts again
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3%2A3%2A0.03



and in the process repeats until the tenth time,
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The pattern is that the number of times the cuttings are made, the exponent on the 3 increments by 1. This time it is 10.
%283%5E10%29%2A0.03


he managed to pile all the pieces of paper.
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%280.03%2Amm%29%2A3%5E10
0.03%2A59049
1771.47%2Amm
maybe 1.8 meters, if the initial 0.03 mm is just a measurement to one significant figure.