Question

The average distance from the sun to the earth is 1.488 x 10¹¹ meters. If the length of the average paperclip is 3 x 10-² meters, how many paperclips would need to be connected together to reach the sun?

Answer 1

Answer:

4.96 × $10^{12}$ paperclips

Step-by-step explanation:

The length of one paperclip is 3 × $10^{-2}$ meters.

Suppose n number of clips are needed to reach to sun.

So,

3 × $10^{-2}$ × n = 1.448 × $10^{11}$

Therefore,

n = $\frac{1.448 \times 10^1^1}{3 \times 10^-^2}$

n = 4.96 × $10^{12}$.