2006-07-10 07:33:47 · 29 answers · asked by The Kid 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Entertaining
ok i worked it out (rough estimate)
radius of earth = 6378.l km (6,378,100 meters)
surface area of earth = 4*pi*radius^2 = 5.109 *10^14 square meters
2 beans = 1 square centimeter
so, the number of beans it takes to cover the earth is...
(5.109 *10^14 square meters) * (100^2 square centimeters per square meter) * (2 beans per square centimeter) = ...
1.022 * 10^19 beans ------> 10 billion billion beans
somehow, that doen't seem like enough, maybe i did something wrong in there somewhere.
2006-07-10 07:45:20 · answer #1 · answered by Critical Mass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we estimate Earth to be a sphere roughly 3900 miles in radius, then it's surface area is:
4*(pi)*(r^2)
Converting miles into inches, we find that the surface area of the Earth is about 7.7 x 10^17 square inches. Your average baked bean is about 0.25 square inches in area, thus it would take about 3.0 x 10^18 baked beans to cover the surface of the Earth.
\/\/ Guy below me confirms my answer (he got 0.9 x 10^18) \/\/
2006-07-10 07:41:54 · answer #2 · answered by craftman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-10 15:59:47 · answer #3 · answered by jarra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earths land mass is 57,268,900 sq miles.
A square mile is 5280x5280 sq feet.
A square foot is 12x12 sq inches.
Maybe 4 baked beans can fit in a square inch.
So thats 4x144 or 576 in a sq foot.
576x5280x5280 = 16,057,958,400 in a square mile.
Times 57,268,900 sq miles is:
919,621,613,813,760,000
Give or take.
2006-07-10 07:42:52 · answer #4 · answered by Rjmail 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Chicago woman eh! purely flew in from the windy city! in case you poke your bum out of the mattress clothing and placed a (switched off) fan close, you'd be able to harness each and each and every of the wind potential and promote it decrease back to the nationwide grid!
2016-11-06 03:53:50 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tried it once and got to 1,263,472,981,742,003. The problem was as soon as I covered England, the people came out of their homes and ate them. The ones on the Red Sea, kept floating and moving away. However, I did try..................
2006-07-10 07:41:11 · answer #6 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh man, what a waste of good beans! S;matter, you don't like em?
2006-07-10 07:48:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres probly not enough in the world to cover it
2006-07-10 07:37:16 · answer #8 · answered by smalltownangel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to stop all the birds and wild animals from eating them before you count them. Oh, and you'd have to make lighting a match illegal.
2006-07-15 21:39:04 · answer #9 · answered by Thia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the size of the beans... you would need more smaller beans!
2006-07-12 09:22:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋