A student measures the thickness of a human hair by looking at it through a
microscope of magnification 100. He makes 20 observations and finds that the average width of the hair in the field of view of the microscope is 3.5 mm. What is the estimate on the thickness of the hair?
A student measures the thickness of a human hair by looking at it through a
microscope of magnification 100. He makes 20 observations and finds that the average width of the hair in the field of view of the microscope is 3.5 mm. What is the estimate on the thickness of the hair?

Answer

Given, magnification of the microscope is 100
Also, average width of the hair is 3.5 mm in the field of view of the microscope.

So, the actual thickness of hair will be

=3.5 mm/100

= 0.035 mm