I need to know how many dollar bills would stretch around the earth with respect to the equator
2007-08-26 06:25:55 · 11 answers · asked by James M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Equator = 24,901.5 miles
Dollar bill = 6 inches
1 mile = 63360 inches
63360 x 24901.5 = 1,577,759,040
1577759040 / 6 = 262,959,840
262,959,840 bills = 1 equatorial distance
So your answer is... about a Russia short of 4 trips around the planet!
Cheers!
**Edit**
Rereading your question, the correct figuring is: 1 billion dollars x 6 inches per dollar = 6 billion inches / 63360 inches per mile = 94,636.97 miles coverd by1 billion bills. (The distance they cover would be the same at the equator or not, the way the question is worded it's looking for the total distance the bills would cover as opposed to how many equatorial revolutions they would make... if you reread the wording of the question closely.) Correct answer = 94,636.97 miles
Cheers again!
2007-08-26 06:34:05 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Know-it-all 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Billion Dollar Bills
2016-11-07 05:47:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,901.55 miles... there are 5280 feet in one mile... 12 inches in a foot.
The equator is 1,577,762,208 inches long. Divide that by 6 inches... because a dollar bill is 6 inches long.
Therefore it would take 262,960,368 dollar bills to stretch around the earth!
So with one billion $1 dollar bills you could go around the earth just over four times!! WHEW!! That is a LOT of money!!
2007-08-26 06:38:55 · answer #3 · answered by ncbc4evr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The equator is about 24,901.5 miles and a dollar bill is approximately 6 inches long. So one billion dollar bills would be 6 billion inches long. That is about 94,701.5 miles.
So 6 billion dollar bills would go around the equator about 3.8 times.
Demonsthenes
2007-08-26 06:38:41 · answer #4 · answered by Demonsthenes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want a definition of ‘smart’? Consider Eratosthenes’ calculation in around 240 BCE.
So, a little more respect for your Librarian! He made it to be about 25,000 miles (converted from stadia, a popular measurement of distance at the time). He wasn’t far off as it works out to be about 40.066 km or about 24,840.92 miles.
Just take the length of a dollar bill and divide that into the number of inches in a mile then multiply the answer by 24,840. Voila! You have it.
We remember people like Eratosthenes because they were actual geniuses and even us average folk cannot deny genius.
Jim D
2007-08-26 07:27:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Buddy, your title does not match the question in the body. Do you want to know how far a billion dollar bills will stretch or do you want to know how many bills you need to stretch around the world at the equator.
Well, one dollar bill is how many inches? then multiply by a billion!
Should add up to about 800,000 I don't give a craps!
2007-08-26 06:33:53 · answer #6 · answered by Marc 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The equator is 1,577,759,040 in. around.
So...
The number of dollar bills it would take to stretch around the equator are a grand total of:
262,959,840
2007-08-26 06:33:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What's with all the questions today that can be solved using simple math?
2007-08-26 06:39:01 · answer #8 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dollars are 6 minches.....one mile is 63360 inches so it would be 10560 dollars in a mile......Thats as far as I got, lol:)
2007-08-26 06:35:40 · answer #9 · answered by melissa r 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
20 FEET IN TODAYS ECONOMY
2016-05-30 08:51:15 · answer #10 · answered by Rick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋