2006-10-14 10:10:34 · 5 answers · asked by hollaaa 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
you dont have the volume or the surface area of the plane. then how would you solve this question?
2006-10-14 10:17:30 · update #1
you dont have the volume or the surface area of the plane. then how would you solve this question?
2006-10-14 10:17:31 · update #2
You can easily determine this using a excel spreadsheet, you just need to know the actual internal volume of the 747 and of course the dimensions of the golf balls.
2006-10-14 10:13:45 · answer #1 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you are asked this type of question, the answer matters less than the methods you use to solve it.
The person asking wants to see that you are thinking so answer it like:
Well a 747 i'm guessing is 50 meters long,(just a guess) and I would say maybe 20 meters wide (again a guess) and 6 meters high(once more a guess). Total volume is therefore 6000 cubic meters. A golf ball is around 3 cm in diameter. Since a golf ball is solid and cannot "flow", each individual golf ball takes up 9 cubic centimeters of space. I will estimate 10 cubic centimeters for matters of convenience, and then subtract one tenth from my answer. so. 6000 cubic meters is 6,000,000 centimeters cubed. so 6 million divided by 10 is 600,000. Then remember to take off a tenth, so my final answer is that 540,000 golf balls will fit into a 747.
2006-10-14 10:26:15 · answer #2 · answered by albertalbert 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
500 million bajillion
just take the surface area of a golf ball and divide it by the area of a 747
2006-10-14 10:14:01 · answer #3 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Buy some cheap golf balls and head to your local airport.
2006-10-14 10:21:50 · answer #4 · answered by swopiv 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say, roughly, a googleplex.
2006-10-14 10:23:13 · answer #5 · answered by Oenophile... (Lynn) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋