the claim is that a stack of 200 billion pennies would reach the moon..i found how many pennies were in one mile and then multiplied that by the distance from the earth to the moon..how can i solve it another way?!?! pleaseee help
2006-10-16 04:47:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
measure thickness or penny, distance to moon is between 220,000 and 260,000 miles depending on orbit
2006-10-16 04:58:37 · answer #1 · answered by lobo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't think of another way. You can get the distance in a mile by seeing how many pennies are in an inch, multiplying that by 12, that total by 5,280 and then that total by approximately 250,000 (miles to the moon).
I don't have a stack of pennies but if there are 12 to an inch then you have your 200 billion.
2006-10-16 04:54:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, you need to know a place on earth where a straight line from the center of the earth intersects directly with the center of the moon. Measure the distance from the center of the earth to the center of the moon in miles and subtract the sum of the earth's radius and the moon's radius in miles. This will provide you with the shortest and most accurate distance from the earth's surface to the moon's surface. Otherwise, the stack of pennies will not be in a straight vertical position from one surface to the other. In other words, the stack will bend or curve from the starting point at the surface of the earth to the surface of the moon.
Then, using a micrometer, measure the width in micrometers of each penny, or measure the width of 10 pennies in micrometers and use the average or median width of those ten pennies. Then convert the distance in micrometers for each penny to miles.
Finally, divide the width of each penny by the total distance from the earth's surface to the moon or:
width of penny
____________ = pennies to reach the moon
distance to moon
2006-10-16 05:03:56 · answer #3 · answered by Frank 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find the thickness of one penny, multiply it by 200 billion, and convert that figure to either miles or km (depending on which system you're using). Then, subtract the distance to the moon.
2006-10-16 04:59:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had $200 billion dollars of taxpayer money, I wouldn't send every taxpayer a share. I would make taxpayers fill out applications detailing what kind of proposal they would use the money for to create American jobs for Americans. The money would go to the taxpayers with the best proposals. And it wouldn't be banks taking government bailouts and it wouldn't involve nationalizing industry. But the minute they moved operations overseas or brought in foreign help, they're paying the money back with interest. In fact, I am against even my own plan; however, I see libs all the time bashing Bush's tax breaks on business while ignoring his record jobs creation growth. The thing that was missing on those tax breaks was strings that involved employing only Americans.
2016-03-28 11:30:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Width of a penny. Divide the distance to the moon by the width of the penny.
2006-10-16 04:49:23 · answer #6 · answered by camus0281 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If i had 200 billion pennies i think i would be going to a change machine!
2006-10-16 04:55:04 · answer #7 · answered by Jon C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Measure the height of one penny = h
Get the distance to the moon = d
d/h = how many pennies you need
2006-10-16 04:50:30 · answer #8 · answered by Dentata 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.45mm*200*10^9
=2.9^10^11mm
=2.9*10^5 km
=290000km
distance to the moon=384401 km
figure out yourself
2006-10-16 04:53:20 · answer #9 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stack them edge to edge instead of on top of each other.
2006-10-16 04:49:34 · answer #10 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋