Why is the following situation impossible? A student's dormitory room measures 3.7 m by 3.7 m, and its ceiling is 2.6 m high. After the student completes his physics course, he displays his dedication by completely wallpapering the walls of the room with the pages from his physics textbook which has 960 pages of text on 480, 0.21 m × 0.28 m sheets. He even covers the door and window

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barrycarter · Answer

Hint: compare the surface area of his book to the surface area of his room

anonymous · Answer

i think i got it the sa of the room is 65.86 and the sa of a piece of paper is .0588 and if i multiply by 480 i get 28.224 which makes it impossible for him to cover the whole room?

ash2326 · Answer

@needphysicshelp  You're correct.