In: Advanced Math
* Space travel is expensive! For their trip to the Moon, the Apollo astronauts’ living quarters were only 213 cubic feet (that’s smaller than a typical bathroom in a house). How many dollar bills could fit in there?
@ Would a stack of dollar bills in the amount of the U.S. national debt reach from the Earth to the Moon? Show your calculations to receive any credit!
@ Pluto has been hard to measure from Earth because of its atmosphere. In 2007 Young, Young, and Buie measured Pluto as having a diameter of 2322 km. The New Horizons probe traveled to Pluto and measured it up close and we now know the actual size is 2372 km. What was the percent error of the 2007 measurement?