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RE: Math Contest #18 [1 SBI]

in #puzzle6 years ago

The answer is 42 times
(41 times is not enough with 219,902 km)

How I derived my answer:

Used the following formula to find out how many of something you will have after doubling it N nbr of times

where s is the original size

s * 2^(n)

A standard sheet of paper is about 0.1 mm so 42 folds would give us this:

0.1 * 2^(42) = 439,804,651,110 mm

Rounded that's 440 billion millimeters, or 439,805 kilometers.

Too tired to try the bonus challenge before the time runs out. I might return!😀