document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=981053>Question 981053</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi appreciated math tutors. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am not sure how to solve the following problem, it reads:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A piece of notebook paper is about .0032 inch thick. If you begin with a stack consisting of a single sheet and double the stack 25 times, how tall will the stack be in inches? HINT: Write and solve an exponential equation to find the height of the stack in inches.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I tried to solve the problem by multiplying .0032 by two and raising this product to the 25th power, but it comes out to be a very small negative number. Of curse, a negative answer is not correct. Please demonstrate how to solve and if an inverse is taken, please explain why if possible. Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried to solve the problem by multiplying .0032 by two and raising this product to the 25th power, but it comes out to be a very small negative number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you fold it once, it's 0.0064 thick.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Twice, it's 0.0128 thick, etc<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Height = 0.0032*2^25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 0.0032*33554432 inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 107374.1824 inches<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=~ 1.695 miles </SPAN>\n" );
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