If a pin is 0.001 m wide, how many RBCs could you line up across a pin

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Paula Owen

3 September, 15:45

If a pin is 0.001 m wide, how many RBCs could you line up across a pin

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The average human red blood cell is roughly 6 to 8 micrometers wide. The width of a pin is this problem is defined as 1000 micrometers. Assuming we use the smallest size of a blood cell, then we divide 1000 by 6, and we find that roughly 166.66 (or 166 if you are rounding down) red blood cells will fit.