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the power of math
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okay , i can't help it. i gave in to my urge to blog.
i've a question for you guys.
Take a piece of A4 sized normal writing paper and fold it into half 50 times. What would the length of it be ?
Don't be surprised by the answer!
The length would actually be almost the distance of earth to the sun !
Ridiculous ?
Its not the first time i've seen this question , i've always been rather intrigued by physics and maths though i failed maths in school :P . Anyway back to the question.
I shall now prove the answer to you !
thickness of a sheet of paper : 0.1 cm
folded into half = 0.1 x 2 = 0.2 cm
another half = 0.2 x 2 = 0.4 cm
another half = 0.4 x 2 = 0.8 cm
another : 0.8 x 2 = 1.6 cm
another : 1.6 x 2 = 3.2 cm
another ( 6th fold ) = 6.4 cm ( thickness of two CDs ! )
7th fold= 12.8 cm
And guess what ?
by the 10th fold
it would already have reached an estimated 1 meter !!!!!!!
So you see , 1 x 2 = 2 m
12th fold = 2 x 2 = 4m
So it just goes on doubling its thickness till by the 50th fold , the distance would be the distance of the earth to the sun !
So i presume you would have understood
Or do you ?
Check out this website for more info
http://www.intsoft.com/powers2.html
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But the bottomline is : Paper can never be folded more than 7 times. Don't believe it ? Try it ! However some smart-alec student has managed to fold it 12 times. Check out
The maths is kinda too brainy for me so i didn't really check out the theory part of it.
