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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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Answered by GPT 3.5
To find the thickness of a fingernail, we need to add the diameter of a hair to the thickness of a fingernail.

The diameter of a hair is about 4 × 10^(-3) inches, so we can write this number as 0.004 inches.

Adding this to the thickness of a fingernail, which is about 0.011 inches, we get:

0.004 + 0.011 = 0.015 inches

Therefore, the thickness of a fingernail is 0.015 inches.

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