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r/theydidthemath • u/phase_lag • 2d ago
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It's wrong in every possible way, including "he means logarithmically".
(reporting diameters)
Smallest salt grain is 0.2 millimeters. = 2.0x10-4 m
Lithium atom (shown) is 304 picometers = 3.04 x 10-10
The ratio is 6 orders of magnitude. 106
Earth diameter is 1.2742018 × 107 meters
Ratio of (earth):(salt grain) is 11 orders of magnitude 1011
1 u/FIicker7 2d ago What object would be halfway between the two? A golf ball or baseball or a bowling ball? Just curious 1 u/vwibrasivat 2d ago https://old.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/1jrqp6v/request_okay_lets_try_this_one/
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What object would be halfway between the two?
A golf ball or baseball or a bowling ball?
Just curious
1 u/vwibrasivat 2d ago https://old.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/1jrqp6v/request_okay_lets_try_this_one/
https://old.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/1jrqp6v/request_okay_lets_try_this_one/
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u/vwibrasivat 2d ago
It's wrong in every possible way, including "he means logarithmically".
(reporting diameters)
Smallest salt grain is 0.2 millimeters. = 2.0x10-4 m
Lithium atom (shown) is 304 picometers = 3.04 x 10-10
The ratio is 6 orders of magnitude. 106
Earth diameter is 1.2742018 × 107 meters
Ratio of (earth):(salt grain) is 11 orders of magnitude 1011