I read somewhere that everybody on the earth could stand on the Isle of Wight.
2007-04-06 05:28:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Quite impossible, if you mean the whole world population at a time. The Isle of Wight has an area of 380 sq km. So you'll need to fit about 17.6 people per square meter in it...
2007-04-06 06:05:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course they could, they just have to get there and stand in the county. but if you mean stand on the isle of wight at the same time, i don't quite think so, the surface area is not big enough
2007-04-06 05:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by EC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true. It is a rumor to increase tourism on the Isle of Wight.
2007-04-06 05:59:39 · answer #3 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is simply the total area divided by the space a person occupies when standing upright.
Theoretically the answer is YES. However, with the exponential growth in world population it will soon become FALSE.
But, Mother nature may make it TRUE again by some global catastrophe.
Then again, man could make it TRUE if a nuclear war occurs.
2007-04-06 08:38:22 · answer #4 · answered by CurlyQ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is true, but the way I heard it, it was that everyone could fit inside the city limits of Jacksonville FL (Largest city in USA by landmass)
2007-04-06 20:31:22 · answer #5 · answered by Black Tomorrow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they stood on each others shoulders sure.
2007-04-06 11:30:51 · answer #6 · answered by JT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but only if they stood on top of each other
2007-04-07 08:01:47 · answer #7 · answered by Lord G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about if we all try it next Tuesday
2007-04-06 05:34:11 · answer #8 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but it would sink - lol!
2007-04-06 05:32:58 · answer #9 · answered by bumblecherry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/letters_from_london/live_at_the_isle_of_wight.php
2007-04-06 05:33:46 · answer #10 · answered by jlil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋