A human hair has a diameter of about 4x10^-3 inches. A fingernail is about 0.011 inches thicker. How thick is a fingernail? Write your answer as decimal to 3 places.
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To find the thickness of a fingernail, we add the diameter of a hair to the given thickness of a fingernail: 4x10^-3 inches + 0.011 inches = 0.014 inches. Answer: \boxed{0.014}.