What will be the thickness of the silver coin if a stack of height of 4 cm is made by placing eight silver coins one upon the other?

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Solution

Given:
Height of the stack = 4 cm.
The number of coins placed one upon the other = 8.
Calculation:
The thickness of 8 coins placed one upon other is = 4 cm.
Then the thickness of a single coin = $\frac{4}{8}$
= $0.5 c m$
Hence, the thickness of each silver coin in the stack is 0.5 cm.

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