how much stuff can you stuff in a stuffie until your stuffie can't stuff enough stuff?
It depends.....let's suppose that your "stuffie" holds 2 cubic units. Let's suppose that the first item that you put in has a volume of 1 cubic unit and each additinal item has 1/2 as much volume as the previous one.
Then the first few items have a total volume of
1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/32 + 1/64 + 1/128 = 1.9921875 cubic units
And we could, theoretically, put as many items in the "stuffie" as we wanted to as long as each successive one had 1/2 the volume of the previous.
(This also answers the question, "How many angels will fit on the head of a pin????")
If you take Calculus, you'll see that we approach a "limit" here....I'll keep you in suspense as to what that limit is......maybe you can guess it !!!
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(It also proves that seemingly "frivolous" questions sometimes prove to be more interesting than first thought!!!)
I am sure there is a great anser to that but I do not know what it is.
Pity reinout-g is not logged on. I am sure he would have a good answer for you.
It depends.....let's suppose that your "stuffie" holds 2 cubic units. Let's suppose that the first item that you put in has a volume of 1 cubic unit and each additinal item has 1/2 as much volume as the previous one.
Then the first few items have a total volume of
1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/32 + 1/64 + 1/128 = 1.9921875 cubic units
And we could, theoretically, put as many items in the "stuffie" as we wanted to as long as each successive one had 1/2 the volume of the previous.
(This also answers the question, "How many angels will fit on the head of a pin????")
If you take Calculus, you'll see that we approach a "limit" here....I'll keep you in suspense as to what that limit is......maybe you can guess it !!!
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(It also proves that seemingly "frivolous" questions sometimes prove to be more interesting than first thought!!!)