Every time you fold a piece of paper it doubles in thickness. This can add up very quickly. But how many folds would it take to make a stack to the moon. The moon is 15 billion inches away. We figured that after 8 folds you have an inch. Using the formula y=2^n*.005 we can figure how many folds it will take to get to the moon. it would take 38 folds to reach the moon. his is unrealistic because it is only possible to fold a piece of paper 7 times no matter how big. The stack wouldn't be wide at all. all the paper would be incorporated with the height.
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