We can solve this problem with a proportion. On one side of the equals sign is one sheet paper of paper, on another side is for 500 sheets of paper. The top will be the number of sheets, the bottom the thickness.
[tex] \frac{1}{T} =\frac{500}{1.875} [/tex]
We let T equal the thickness of one sheet of paper. We solve this proportion by cross multiplying.
500T = 1.875
T = 1.875 / 500 = 0.00375
Before, Diego guessed the paper was 0.0015 inches thick, and our proportion tells it is exactly 0.00375 inches thick. Diego overestimated the thickness.
Thus, one piece of paper has 0.0375 inches of thickness.
