Tuesday, November 12, 2002  3:45:50 PM

Hello Jan-Erik,

Tuesday, November 12, 2002, 5:59:09 AM, you wrote:

JES> Now, since we allready are OT, maybe a little mathematics problem
JES> could in place ?

JES> Consider a sheet of paper, 0.0001 mm thick.

JES> Lets say you fold it in the middle.

JES> Then fold it again in the middle.

JES> How many times do you have to fold the paper before the "stack"
JES> have passed the Moon (aprox 380.000 km) ?


Well, 380E3 / 0.0001E-3 = 3.8E12

Every time you fold the paper, it follow the 2 exponential to "n"
rule, so:

      n log 2 = log 3.8E12 => n = log 3.8E12 / log 2

      n =  41.78, where n is the number of times you have to fold the
      paper.


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