Fold Paper 42 times: You WONT BELIEVE how thick it gets 😱 #shorts #physicsshorts

If you fold a paper in half 42 times, it would be so thick that it would reach the moon.
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[Sportsman]

And if you manage to make it 103 fold, it passes the lines of the known universe.

[nithinkumar]

1. Initial thickness of a standard paper: approximately 0.1 mm (depending on the paper type)
2. After 1 fold: 0.1 mm x 2 = 0.2 mm
3. After 2 folds: 0.2 mm x 2 = 0.4 mm
4. ...
42. After 42 folds: 0.1 mm x 2^42 ≈ 439, 804, 651, 110 mm

That's approximately 439, 805 kilometers or 273, 250 miles!

To put this into perspective, the International Space Station orbits the Earth at an altitude of around 400-450 kilometers (250-280 miles). So, if you were to fold a standard paper 42 times, the thickness would be roughly equivalent to the distance from the Earth's surface to the International Space Station!

Keep in mind that this is a theoretical calculation, as it's impossible to fold a paper 42 times in reality due to its physical properties and the laws of physics. However, it's an interesting thought experiment that demonstrates the power of exponential growth!

[AAMlR-Ah]

Fact: matter can neither be created nor destroyed 😂

[Synchronized]

But by then you wouldn’t actually see the paper 💀

[sus]

"*ferb, i know what were gonna do today! *"

[ZainabFatema]

If i will fold 42th fold I'm going to reach moon Free of cost 😅😅

[priyank]

My friend:- how would u reach the moon without rocket

Me:- hold my paper

[SecondsTech]

In theory, you can fold a piece of paper more than seven times. However, it becomes increasingly difficult as you fold it more times due to the exponential increase in the paper's thickness. In practice, achieving more than seven folds with a standard-sized sheet of paper is extremely challenging, and it often requires special equipment or very large sheets of paper to accomplish.

[simplekelp]

And that's where Physics and Mathematics had to be separated

[MiklasBrede]

For those who are saying this is false:-Average paper thickness = 0.1 mm = 1/10° km
Folding 42 times = (242 ÷ 107) km = 439, 804 km
Distance of Earth to Moon = 384, 000 km

[I.love_himss]

What is the thickness after 42 folds? The distance between the earth and the moon is around 384, 400 kilometers (remember 1 km = 1, 000, 000 mm). After 42 folds, would the paper reach the moon? (439, 804, 651, 110.4 mm = 439, 804.7 km, so yes, it would reach the moon because 439, 804.7 > 384, 400)

[clip.z]

After 103 folds you'll enter the Multiverse 💀

[obafealabi]

"1000 km"
Americans: WTF IS A KILOMITER !!!

[ddksfdx]

Theoretically the bigger the paper the more folds you can do so if we had a mile by a mile sheet we could fold it at least 35 times

[The-HiveLord-Galleries]

This only works if you could continually fold it but some where after 8-10 folds paper stops folding and starts compressing

[NAHH]

A standard, off the shelf piece of single-sheet printer paper (those ones that come in reams of 500 or so) is around 0.08mm thick. If you fold this piece of paper in half, you're doubling its thickness, from 0.08mm to 0.16mm. Do this 42 times, that is 2^(42), or 4, 398, 046, 500, 000.9 Sept 2020

[acrm-sjork]

So finally someone has found the question for The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything

[NotTheOnlyMattAround]

When a katana was folded 42 times it turned a samurai into an anime protagonist.

[anirudhapal]

Though the length will be very much. But the diameter of intersect of the paper will be microscopic

[ITs_Hassan-]

Watch the video on mythbusting the seven folds, they folded an extremely large paper 10 times and it was wayy wayyy smaller than even the actual paper