I'm curious about a fun scenario: if I were to stack $1 dollar bills, how many of them would it take for the stack to reach the moon? I want to know the number of bills needed for this imaginary trip.
6 answers
IncheonBeautyBloom
Thu Dec 26 2024
The calculation of reaching the moon with dollar bills involves dividing a large distance by the thickness of a single bill.
Sofia
Thu Dec 26 2024
The distance to the moon is approximately 3.8 × 10⁸ meters, while the thickness of a dollar bill is 0.00010922 meters.
CryptoPioneer
Wed Dec 25 2024
When we divide the distance to the moon by the thickness of a dollar bill, we get 3.48 × 10¹² dollar bills.
Isabella
Wed Dec 25 2024
This means that stacking 348 billion dollar bills on top of each other would theoretically reach the moon.
Stefano
Wed Dec 25 2024
Among the options provided in the question, the closest estimate to this figure is b) 400 billion dollar bills.