roblem#1:

Collectible coins added to the coin.

(b)Does the cost
are sometimes of the gold
plated with gold significantly
to enhance their enhance the value
beauty and value. of the coin?
Consider a Explain your
commemorative answer.
quarter-dollar
advertised for sale
at 4.98. It has a
diameter of
24.1mm and a
thickness of
1.78mm, and it is
completely
covered with a
layer of pure gold
0.18mm thick.
The volume of the
plating is equal to
the thickness of
the layer
multiplied by the
area to which it is
applied. The
patterns on the
faces of the coin
and the grooves
on its edge have a
negligible effect
on its area.
Assume the price
of gold is 25.0 per
gram. (a)Find the
cost of the gold
 order-of-
magnitude
estimate, in which
factors of change
rather than
increments are
important. We
write 500m, 103m
because 500
differs from 100
by a factor of 5
while it differs
roblem#2:In a from 1000 by
situation in which only a factor of 2.
data are known to We write 437m,
three significant 103m and 305m,
digits, we write 102m. What
6.379m 5 6.38m distance differs
and 6.374m 5 from 100m and
6.37m. When a from 1 000 m by
number ends in 5, equal factors so
we arbitrarily that we could
choose to write equally well
6.375 m 5 6.38 m. choose to
We could equally represent its order
well write 6.375 of magnitude as,
m5 102m or as,
6.37m“rounding 103m?
down” instead of
“rounding
up”because we
would change the
number 6.375 by
equal increments
in both cases.
Now consider an
 roblem#3:
(a)What is the
order of
magnitude of the
number of
microorganisms
in the human
intestinal tract? A
typical bacterial
length scale is
1026m. Estimate
the intestinal
volume and
assume 1 of it is
occupied by
bacteria. (b)Does
the number of
bacteria suggest
whether the
bacteria are
beneficial,
dangerous, or
neutral for the
human body?
What functions
could they serve?