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"If you could fold a piece of paper 42 times, it would reach the moon"
Simple Maths, but tough to relate to this fact considering that the thickness of an average paper sheet is 0.01 cm and distance of moon from earth is 384,000 kilometers!.
Here is the proof:
Let the thickness of paper be x
On every fold ,the thickness of resulting paper will be 2 times
Therefore for 42 folds thickness becomes (2^42) times x
Assuming x to be 0.01 cm , (2^42) times x becomes roughly 439,804 km. And distance of moon from earth is 384,000 km.
Simple Maths, but tough to relate to this fact considering that the thickness of an average paper sheet is 0.01 cm and distance of moon from earth is 384,000 kilometers!.
Here is the proof:
Let the thickness of paper be x
On every fold ,the thickness of resulting paper will be 2 times
Therefore for 42 folds thickness becomes (2^42) times x
Assuming x to be 0.01 cm , (2^42) times x becomes roughly 439,804 km. And distance of moon from earth is 384,000 km.
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if you have your gcse results today i'm sure you will do fine for maths.
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Well this has gave me a headache...
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Could be less folds if (2^42 x 0.01cm = 439,804km).
Thats 85,804km more than it takes to get to the moon.
Maybes 41 or is 42 the lowest amount of folds possible?
Thats 85,804km more than it takes to get to the moon.
Maybes 41 or is 42 the lowest amount of folds possible?
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Wow, well I'm not gonna argue
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I literally just did a mathematics question regarding the folding of a piece of paper around 3 minutes ago with pretty much the exact same function
T = 0.01(2)^x
Where x is the number of folds and T is the thickness of paper
Pretty large coincidence lol
T = 0.01(2)^x
Where x is the number of folds and T is the thickness of paper
Pretty large coincidence lol
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Katsumi wrote I literally just did a mathematics question regarding the folding of a piece of paper around 3 minutes ago with pretty much the exact same functionme and my friend were talking bout it so i decided to post it
T = 0.01(2)^x
Where x is the number of folds and T is the thickness of paper
Pretty large coincidence lol
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my brain... it hurts. too much mathematics Mr. White
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I start school Monday... So yeah.. Not now..
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