Jury Copeland
May I share this one.
A page of a newspaper is not very thick, about 0.003 inch (in.), and you often have seen a stack of newspapers. Suppose you were to place one sheet of newspaper on the floor. Next you place another sheet on top of the first, then two more sheets, then four, and so on, building up a pile of newspaper. Each time you add to the pile as many sheets as are already there. After the tenth time you would have a pile about 3 in. high. If you were able to continue until you had added to the pile for the fiftieth time, how high would the pile be?
One of the answers (a) through (d) below is the correct one. All you have to do is guess, or calculate, which one it is.
a. About as high as the standard table.
b. About as high as a four-story building.
c. About as high as the Empire State Building.
d. More than twice as high as the Empire State Building.
Just make a choice...
I'll just tell you what it is later.
A page of a newspaper is not very thick, about 0.003 inch (in.), and you often have seen a stack of newspapers. Suppose you were to place one sheet of newspaper on the floor. Next you place another sheet on top of the first, then two more sheets, then four, and so on, building up a pile of newspaper. Each time you add to the pile as many sheets as are already there. After the tenth time you would have a pile about 3 in. high. If you were able to continue until you had added to the pile for the fiftieth time, how high would the pile be?
One of the answers (a) through (d) below is the correct one. All you have to do is guess, or calculate, which one it is.
a. About as high as the standard table.
b. About as high as a four-story building.
c. About as high as the Empire State Building.
d. More than twice as high as the Empire State Building.
Just make a choice...
I'll just tell you what it is later.
nope
uhuh 
