A sheet of plywood was made by gluing 7 sheers of wood together. Two of the sheets were 0.0625 inch thick and the rest were 0.125 inch thick. How thick was the plywood?

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Shaun Bernard

28 July, 11:00

A sheet of plywood was made by gluing 7 sheers of wood together. Two of the sheets were 0.0625 inch thick and the rest were 0.125 inch thick. How thick was the plywood?

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Milton Gibson · Answer 1

There are 7 sheets altogether. 2 of them being 0.0625 so 0.0625+0.0625=0.125, this leaves 5 sheets left over that are 0.125 thick so 0.125 multiplied by 5 equals 0.625. To find the total width add 0.125 and 0.625 which equals 0.75.

0.75 is your final answer