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Paper Folding

A piece of paper is about 1 millimeter or 1/254 inch thick. There are 5,280 feet in one mile.
To see the following table done with scientific notation, click here.

	Total Thickness in Miles
unfolded	0.00000006213711922
1st fold	0.00000012427423845
2nd fold	0.00000024854847689
3rd fold	0.00000049709695379
4th fold	0.00000099419390758
5th fold	0.00000198838781516
6th fold	0.00000397677563032
7th fold	0.00000795355126064
8th fold	0.00001590710252128
9th fold	0.00003181420504255
10th fold	0.00006362841008510
11th fold	0.00012725682017021
12th fold	0.00025451364034041
13th fold	0.00050902728068082
14th fold	0.00101805456136165
15th fold	0.00203610912272330
16th fold	0.00407221824544659
17th fold	0.00814443649089318
18th fold	0.01628887298178640
19th fold	0.03257774596357270
20th fold	0.06515549192714550
21st fold	0.13031098385429100
22nd fold	0.26062196770858200
23rd fold	0.52124393541716400
24th fold	1.04248787083433000
25th fold	2.08497574166865000
26th fold	4.16995148333731000
27th fold	8.33990296667462000
28th fold	16.67980593334920000
29th fold	33.35961186669850000
30th fold	66.71922373339700000
31st fold	133.43844746679400000
32nd fold	266.87689493358800000
33rd fold	533.75378986717600000
34th fold	1,067.50757973435000000
35th fold	2,135.01515946870000000
36th fold	4,270.03031893741000000	The distance between Los Angeles and New York is approximately 2,800 miles.
37th fold	8,540.06063787481000000
38th fold	17,080.12127574960000000
39th fold	34,160.24255149920000000
40th fold	68,320.48510299850000000
41st fold	136,640.97020599700000000
42nd fold	273,281.94041199400000000	The distance between the Earth and the Moon is approximately 250,000 miles.
43rd fold	546,563.88082398800000000
44th fold	1,093,127.76164798000000000
45th fold	2,186,255.52329595000000000
46th fold	4,372,511.04659190000000000
47th fold	8,745,022.09318381000000000
48th fold	17,490,044.18636760000000000
49th fold	34,980,088.37273520000000000
50th fold	69,960,176.74547040000000000
51st fold	139,920,353.49094100000000000	The distance between the Earth and the Sun is approximately 93 million miles.
52nd fold	279,840,706.98188200000000000

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