Andrew Warren wrote: > Martin Leg wrote: > > JES> Consider a sheet of paper, 0.0001 mm thick. > > 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 > > Yes, but a kilometer isn't the same as a meter, so it's: > > 380E6 / 0.0001E-3 = 3.8E15 > > -Andy, who corrected one piclist "off-by-a-factor-of-1000" error > yesterday, corrected this one today, and is looking forward to > another one tomorrow. Sigh... However, real paper is closer to 0.1 mm thick than 0.0001 mm thick (another factor of 1000), so a real-world answer really is 42, not 52. -- Dave Tweed -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu