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If you fold a piece of paper in half 50 times would it reach the moon?
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∙ 11y ago
yes the moon is 238,857 miles away whereas a piece of paper folded 50 times reaches over 200,000,000 miles so it would reach the moon (and then some)
Edit: A piece of paper (lets use metric for this) is approx 0.1mm thick.
Folding it 50 times will create a bundle (2^50)/10 mm thick, which is (1.12589907x10^15)/10 mm, or 1.12589907x10^14.
Lets convert it to kilometers, through each step.
Cm : 1.12589907x10^13 (divide by 10)
M : 1.12589907x10^11 (divide by 100)
Km : 1.12589907x10^8 (divide by 1000)
So, the paper would be 1.12589907x10^8 km thick.
The distance from the Earth to the Sun is only 1.496x10^8km.
Therefore, the paper would reach the majority of the way to the Sun... it beat the moon by a long shot.
Plus, if the paper were slightly thicker, (eg 0.11mm) it would reach, or even pass, the Sun quite easily.
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