2006-09-29 08:27:48 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Hi. The weight of the pages, or of the books for that matter, has nothing to do with the weight of the bookcase.
2006-09-29 08:33:15 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Pages aren't weightless, they just don't weigh very much. In a bookcase, there are a lot of pages plus covers & the case itself. It all adds up. Example: An ounce isn't much weight. 1000 ounces adds up to more than 60 pounds.
2006-09-29 10:33:25 · answer #2 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are not weightless just they weigh so little that they appear insignificant , there are 10s of thousands in an average bookcase and there are also book covers .
2006-09-29 09:18:38 · answer #3 · answered by Cork_ie 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if all books were 1-2 pages then bookcases could be made less sturdy. But in reality books are hundreds of bound pages and often with a hard cover. This increases the weight.
2006-09-29 08:36:25 · answer #4 · answered by Steve P 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-15 16:58:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why in the world would you think a page is weightless? Paper is fairly dense, it's just that a single page is light because it's very thin.
2006-09-29 08:33:50 · answer #6 · answered by Ken H 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is weightless. Anything that has mass and takes up space has a weight.
Paper is heavier than air thats why it falls when you drop a single sheet. Put 1,000,000 sheets together and you have a very heavy mass of paper.
2006-09-29 08:34:03 · answer #7 · answered by nickkap1 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The pages of a book are not weightless.
2006-09-29 08:30:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Who told you that pages are weightless?
Well if you can not judge the "Weight" of a page, the book is bound to appear "Heavy", thats another thing.
If it happens very often with you, no wonder you continue to be a "Disturbed" person.
2006-09-29 08:52:20 · answer #9 · answered by Me Myself 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Every page in a book has some mass as a result all the pages together constitute some total mass which is the sum of all the masses of the pages and therefore it is heavier.
2006-09-29 09:35:32 · answer #10 · answered by tristunt 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋