FOLDING A PAPER 42 TIMES
MEAN DISTANCE BETWEEN EARTH AND THE MOON IS 384,000 km.AS A4 SHEET IS 0.1 mm THICK.SO THICKNESS OF 3.84*10^12 PAGES EQUALS TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN EARTH AND THE MOON.
SO LETS TAKE A A4 SHEET AND FOLDS IT.
ITS THICKNESS BECOMES TWICE AND WHEN I FOLD IT TWICE ON ITSELF,ITS NOT 3 BUT 4 PAGES THICK.
IF I FOLD IT A THIRD TIME, I'LL SEE THAT IT IS 8 PAGES THICK.SO YOU CAN SEE A PATTERN. PAPER FOLDING IS EXPONENTIALLY,IF I FOLD IT A FOURTH TIME ,IT'LL BE 16 TIMES THICK,AND SO ON.
AS WE CAN SEE BY TIME I GET TO 20 FOLDING,MY FOLDED PAPER IS 10 km HIGH.
AS I REACHES TO 41 FOLDING ITS THICKNESS WILL BECOME APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE EARTH.
YOU WILL GET TO SURPRISED BY KNOWING THAT WHEN WE REACHES 42th FOLDING,THICKNESS WOULD BECOMES EQUALS TO THE MEAN DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE MOON.
SO LETS TAKE A A4 SHEET AND FOLDS IT.
ITS THICKNESS BECOMES TWICE AND WHEN I FOLD IT TWICE ON ITSELF,ITS NOT 3 BUT 4 PAGES THICK.
IF I FOLD IT A THIRD TIME, I'LL SEE THAT IT IS 8 PAGES THICK.SO YOU CAN SEE A PATTERN. PAPER FOLDING IS EXPONENTIALLY,IF I FOLD IT A FOURTH TIME ,IT'LL BE 16 TIMES THICK,AND SO ON.
AS WE CAN SEE BY TIME I GET TO 20 FOLDING,MY FOLDED PAPER IS 10 km HIGH.
AS I REACHES TO 41 FOLDING ITS THICKNESS WILL BECOME APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE EARTH.
YOU WILL GET TO SURPRISED BY KNOWING THAT WHEN WE REACHES 42th FOLDING,THICKNESS WOULD BECOMES EQUALS TO THE MEAN DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE MOON.
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