If you had a piece that was 0.0001 inch thick, how tall a pile would it make if it was doubled fifty times?

Friar Tuck

Sorry I cannot work out (0.0001 multiplied by 2 to the power of 50) in my head but it must be about 110,000,000,000 inches or about 1,736,111 miles Nov 03 02, 8:32 PM

Tabby Tom

Doubling it fifty times (if it were practicable) would give a pile that was the 50th power of two times the original thickness. This is 1,125,899,906,842,620 times a ten-thousandth of an inch, or 112,589,590,684 inches, i.e. about 1,776,988 and a half miles. Nov 03 02, 8:35 PM

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