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2006-12-21 20:28:21 · 14 answers · asked by johnnyh0122000 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Keep in mind that one cubic mile is equal to 147,197,952,000 cubic feet. There are approximately 6,500,000,000 people in this world. The tallest person is almost 9 feet tall, so let's assume everybody occupies 9 x 9 x 9 = 729 cubic feet.
Then 729 x 6,500,000,000 = 4,738,500,000,000 cubic feet, which will DEFINITELY not fit in a cubic mile.
What we need is the solution to the following inequality, to determine how much cubic feet is required per person.
x(6,500,000,000) < 147,197,952,000; therefore
x < (147,197,952,000) / (6,500,000,000)
That value is approximately equal to 22.646.
This means each person requires at least 22.646 cubic feet, and would have to measure on average 2.83 feet in length, width, and height. It's safe to say the majority of this population is more than 2.83 feet in height.
Thus, the answer is no; the earth's total population cannot be put into a box measuring 1 cubic mile.
2006-12-21 20:56:02 · answer #1 · answered by Puggy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 cubic mile = (1609.344)^3 = 4,168,181,825 cubic metres.
Population of earth is approx. 6,000,000,000.
So 6,000,000,000 people per 4,168,181,825 cubic metres
means 1 person would take up an average volume of
4,168,181,825 / 6,000,000,000 = 0.6947 cubic metres.
Most humans could fit in a rectangular box which is
2 metres long, 0.6 metres wide and 0.5 metres high.
This is a volume of 2 * 0.6 * 0.5 = 0.6 cubic metres,
which is less than the calculated 0.6947 cubic metres
allocated to each person in the cubic mile.
So the answer is: YES.
Edit: OK, so people are saying the population is now
about 6,500,000,000. I'm a bit behind the times.
But it doesn't make much difference.
4,168,181,825 / 6,500,000,000 = 0.6413 cubic metres.
So the previous 0.6 cubic metres is still less than 0.6413,
so the answer is still YES. And if you squashed them in, you
could easily double the number of people to 13,000,000,000.
2006-12-21 20:59:40 · answer #2 · answered by falzoon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just get the volume of an average person and then multiply it by the estimated world population which you can find on the internet. If it's less than 1 m^3 then they will fit.
2006-12-21 20:36:57 · answer #3 · answered by Sergio__ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a box with the dimensions mentioned, make sure the the box is made of copper so when you fill it with acid so it doesn't react, then put the world's total human population inside it.
Timothy,
2006-12-21 20:40:57 · answer #4 · answered by Timothy_ManU 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the volume of average human
Body volume as 5ft 6In * 1ft*1ft=5.5cuft
No. of persons
=5280*5280*5280/5.5
=26,763,264,000
=26.763billion
It can be seen that even if we allow 15cuft
per person we can accommodate 6 billion
in the box.
2006-12-21 21:03:23 · answer #5 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the average volume of a human is 0.075 m^3,
it would be space for about nine times the total human population
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2006-12-21 20:43:17 · answer #6 · answered by tobi_hanni 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably not - the logistics would be a nightmare anyway. People will want window seats and to sit near their friends...
2006-12-21 20:33:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define human?
2006-12-21 20:29:48 · answer #8 · answered by ragdefender 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the entire population of earth can be placed in that space. thats 6.5 billion people and 147,197,952,000 square feet. no problem.
2006-12-21 20:45:19 · answer #9 · answered by Charles C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you shrank each human to the size of golfballs,maybe.
2006-12-21 20:49:07 · answer #10 · answered by Lweendo M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋