Please note that areal density (mass per area) is what is being used
here, not density as most people know it (mass per volume).
Jim
Brad Ackerman wrote:
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> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 00:49:23 -0500, kilopascal wrote:
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> >Each piece of paper's mass can be calculated by using a simple formula.
> >That is the density divided by the "A" size squared.
>
> Not quite -- it's the density divided by 2^(A number).
>
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