<div dir="ltr">Take a sheet of 8.5 X 11 paper and fold it in half repeatedly. You'll probably have trouble with the 7th fold and likely conclude that an 8th fold is out of the question. <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zxepmnLIKmYitiu77ai2nm7FH3JgppsFmboNJcBNbCpE2xbStskZTbPr8HLs0B93HPIiuiX1E"><br><div>Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259<br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 4:28 PM Peter Albin via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I could be very wrong but I did a back-of-the-envelope calculation (using a calculator) and came up with about 88 million miles almost to the sun!<div><br></div><div>Assumptions</div><div>500 sheets to a ream of paper</div><div>Ream Is 2.5 inches tall</div><div><br id="m_-5156011507989366584lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Peter</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 27, 2023, at 1:05 PM, Steve Parus via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">The change in diameter is equal to the change in circumference divided by pi. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Another one: if a piece of paper is repeatedly folded in half 50 times, would its thickness reach the moon?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Steve Parus</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 27, 2023, at 12:36 PM, arnold peterson via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I pii meter.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 12:28 PM Steve Isenberg via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Gentlepeople,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Here is a chance to do a calculation based on estimations.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">What would be the change in the circumference of the known universe if the diameter were to be increased by 1 meter?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)">-steve<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div></div>
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