How Many Times do You Need to Fold a Piece of Paper to Get to The Moon?

Alex

Let's find out! Adrian Paenza schools us in the lesson of exponential growth with this enjoyable TED-Education video clip about folding a piece of paper.

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Previously on Neatorama: Fold a Paper in Half More Than 8 Times 

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that's only mathematically and if you were to cut the edges. Physically you would be gaining thickness even more at the fold...hence why you can't fold a peice of paper that many times.
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that's only mathematically and if you were to cut the edges. Physically you would be gaining thickness even more at the fold...hence why you can't fold a peice of paper that many times.
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