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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Josie

29 November, 11:21

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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Rory Wilson · Answer 1

I believe the that it is impossible for him to cover the whole room. Because SA of the room is 65.86 and the SA of a piece of paper is. 0588.

And by multiplying it by 480 we get 28.24 and that what makes it impossible to cover the whole room.