SOLUTION: One ream of multipurpose paper contains 500 pages and is 2 inches thick. If the thickness of one sheet of this paper represents one byte of computer random access memory, calculate

Question 161691: One ream of multipurpose paper contains 500 pages and is 2 inches thick. If the thickness of one sheet of this paper represents one byte of computer random access memory, calculate the height in feet of the number of pages that would represent one gigabyte of computer RAM memory.
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1K is 1000 bytes
1M is 1,000,000 bytes
1G is 1,000,000,000 bytes
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That means 1gigabytes represents:
1,000,000,000 sheets
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2 inches per 500 sheets
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1000000000 * 2/500 = 4,000,000 inches
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4,000,000 * 1/12 = 333,333.333 feet
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